Last week, I was expecting my order of a bundle Anna Maria Horner’s True Colors. But my baby, Noelle, was sick! She was feeling better on Monday, but she still couldn’t walk. I took her to see the doctor thinking that somehow she’d pulled a muscle or twisted her hip by rough housing at home.
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| Noelle napping in the middle of the morning. |
But it turns out, a baby with a fever and a limp is taken pretty seriously in pediatrics and we found ourselves in the main emergency room in Houston for further testing. At that moment, I didn’t care a bit for my fabric or anything sewing. We were admitted to the hospital, because you know babies just won’t lie still for MRIs; they have to be sedated.
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| Monkey and Mommy waiting for baby to come back from an MRI. |
It turns out, Noelle’s wee fat, adorable, precious, chubby knee had an infection, which was cleaned out by an orthopedic surgeon. The doctors (we had a wonderful team of doctors!) tell us that sometimes in babies these infections set it randomly and without an apparent cause.
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| Open mouthed in delight! For me? |
After her surgery, I thought Noelle could use a new toy. I bought this doll when we found out we were having a girl. I was planning on giving her this dolly for Christmas, but we thought now would be a better time. Noelle loved the baby doll.
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| Noelle loved her cards from her siblings. |
This is our wonderful view from the hospital room. It was a great view, but I love my view from home better.
After a few days, I could tell Noelle was starting to feel better because she began to explore her surroundings, chew on her IV, and try to climb out of her crib. She even started to warm up to the doctors and nurses.
As we were being released, daddy came to help us. We were both happy to see him!
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| Waiting for the car to go HOME! |
Super big hugs to ALL of you!!! I am so thankful for this awesome town with the most AMAZING medical center, for sure!!! Especially for our wee ones!! Glad Noelle is feeling so much better! Enjoy that fabric, girlie!! ♥♥♥
Oh baby girl!! So glad she is feeling better now. How scary that must have been! *hugs*
Oh that is so scary. I'm so glad she is better and you are home!
Wow, random infections, that's scary! So relieved to hear she's feeling better and that things are getting back to normal!!
I'm so glad she's alright, Becca!
Poor baby! Glad to hear she is better.
What an ordeal! I'm so glad it is safely behind you — so much MORE to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
wow! I'm so glad she's better. It's so good you took her in when you did. Who would've guessed? I have a 16mo myself, so I'm filing this info away in case.
Geesh I bet you never would have guessed it. Poor little one:( Very happy to hear she is on the road to recovery. Children are blessed with resiliency:) Thank goodness!
Oh my goodness 🙁 I am so happy that she is feeling better!
That must have been scary. Good to hear she's okay!
Nothing more terrifying! Glad you are all on the mend! God is so good!
so glad she is better now. Thank God for amazing medical facilities and doctors who made good quick decisions.
I'm so glad your little sweetie is feeling better.
Oh, it's so hard to have a wee one like that in the hospital! So glad you all figured out what was up and she is better so quickly.
What a scare. So glad everything is okay.
nothing scarier than a sick baby ~ glad you found out what was wrong with your sweet baby girl and she's recovering nicely!
poor baby! So glad she is on the mend xxx
Catching up on my blog reading here…I am SO glad Noelle is doing better. Hope all is going well with you too!
I just read about Noelle's illness, hospitalization, and surgery. Praising God that she has alert parents who know the Great Physician. I know how scary it can be when you have a sick one. My daughter who now has two sons, started crying one Sunday night and nothing would calm her. I just knew something was wrong. We called the pediatrican and he told us to take her to the ER – he was there. By the time we got there, she had a high temp. He gave her a baby aspirin and she got sick all over the table. He gave her another one and said he had probably gagged her. He told us to drive home slower that we had gotten there fast and to call if anything happen over night. I checked her through the night and left both kids in bed the next morning since I was going in to get my two week notice to change jobs. Their dad had different days off different weeks and was off that Monday. Before he got up that morning, the pediatrician himself called to check on our daughter. That made me realize how sick our daughter had probably been. We never knew why she spiked that temp so suddenly. She had just turned one. But he knew he had a mom that knew her kids stem to stern. He always supported me in what I did with the children. He officed in back to back with my doctor and I'd often run into him in the lab. He always asked about my children by name long after they no longer went to a pediatrician. He's still practicing and my children are in their 30's and my friend who used him said her daughters considered using him whoever their insurances wouldn't cover him. Again, I praise God for you and all the faithfulness. I am enjoying my magazine.