We spent Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week in the hospital. No, I never missed it, no, I never wanted to go back, and no, I never will! Our poor peanut started with diarrhea all last week, then fevers Sat and Sun, and by early Monday morning she was up to 104! So we call the on-call doc and he tells us to just go to the emergency room. So we headed down and spent about 8 hours in a teeny tiny room, where Peanut was poked and tortured to no end, with no toys, no television, and a sick, tired peanut who refused to take a nap. It took about 4 hours after they decided to admit us to get us to a normal room where my sanity somewhat returned!
After a bunch of different blood tests, urine sample, chest x-ray, sputum culture and an
attempt to get fluid from her belly, we still didn't have an answer as to why Peanut had such a high temp. Tuesday morning she awoke with a rash and the doctors had decided that it had to be a virus, but what one!? They decide they can test for two more types and alas one came back positive.
Adenovirus.
Peanut LOVED pushing this baby all around the unit. It was the cutest thing ever! And she made friends with anyone who wanted to. In the ICS unit (where Peanut always has to stay from now on whenever she's in the hospital) there's a hallway that leads to offices where a secretary sits. Every time we went for a walk she had to go see if her new friend was there to say hi to.
So we finally had an answer. Now what? We just let it run it's course and let Peanut fight it. So how long is this going to last? They don't know. With Peanut every thing's different. It's supposed to last 2 days to a week but with a depressed immune system it could take her quite a while to fight it off. There's one possible drug they could use but it usually causes more problems then it's worth so they're going to hold off on using it unless she gets really bad or if they find the virus in her blood stream (should get those results by tomorrow). So far, the rash has gone away and the fevers aren't near as bad but she's still struggling a little with the diarrhea and last night she decided to throw up. Hum... But she's been fine today, just a little tired, and of course the never-ending runny nose.
Also, while we were in the hospital we found out that it's not fluid that's making her belly so big (hence, the attempt at taking a sample of it). Supposedly now it's air in her intestines. So we've added Lactobacillus to her med list to see if that helps.
All in all, we're doing well and are glad to be back home. Still keeping our fingers crossed that she'll get over this so that we don't have to spend another Christmas in the hospital!
P.S. I did two other posts today but the post dates are not today's date so you'll have to scroll down to find them.
This is the shirt that Luke got me. I thought it was pretty sweet! Anyone who knows what it's from I challenge you to a round of it! ;)
This is Christmas at our house after we got back in town. Peanut's opening her new bath toy that she absolutely loves! We had a blast with it this morning in the tub. I'll post a video of it later.
This is the broom set that Aunt Lindsay gave Peanut. After she opened it, she wouldn't put it down! 
Peanut caught on to the whole "Santa came" thing pretty fast. All it took was showing her a stocking with a sucker sticking out and she was all about finding out what else was in there. She would want to stop and eat what she found or play with what she opened but she had a great time and there were lots of "oooooooo's!" 
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