First ER Visit?!?

Well, the first ER visit was not one of the "firsts" that I was really looking forward to with Matea, but unfortunately we got our first trip to the emergency room before we even get our first laugh. :(

Last Thursday (Matea's three month birthday), Matea was not eating well and acting out of sorts all afternoon. Then she started moaning and groaning in discomfort and spiked a 103 degree fever. We called the pediatrician and they couldn't see her that evening but didn't feel comfortable with waiting for the morning for her to be seen since Matea is still so young. So they told us to go to the emergency room and have Matea checked out.

Unfortunately it was the night that the circus was in town and we had tickets with Jeff and Lori. We were so excited to take Elijah, but neither one of us wanted to not be with Matea if something serious was wrong. After much back and forth Grandma took Eli to the circus and Jon and I took Matea to the ER.

Once at the ER she was catheterized to get a urine sample and had chest x-rays done. Her fever was down to 100.8 after having Tylenol, and the doctors advised us to take her back home, keep an eye on the temp, and go to our pediatrician if the temp stayed over 102 for three days. We were seen quickly and actually made it back home before Grandma and Elijah made it home!

Over the next few days Matea's temp kept spiking up and she was pretty miserable, but finally it spiked the last time on Sunday night and she was fine (if tired) on Monday. Our little girl fought off her "first" viral infection, what a milestone. :P I'm not looking forward to the next illnesses, but I'm thankful that nothing more serious was wrong and that the hospital didn't put us through too many pokes and prods. And Matea is back to herself again . . . though I must confess I miss how much she slept while she was sick. She's back to her 20 minute naps every couple hours routine already! I'm still thankful for our healthy, wakeful, little peanut! :)