Trip to the ER

Well we have now had to make 3 trips up to Primary Childrens this week (good thing I traded in the SUV for the honda.....) The first one was for an extremely high fever-101.9-fevers are very bad and they usually indicate a sign of infection somewhere. But we got to the hospital; which is 45 minutes away and the fever is gone, of course!! They still ran all kinds of tests so they had to access her port when we got there (STILL A NIGHTMARE!) to get her blood cultures. They also did a urine sample and found white blood cells in it.....? They thought it meant a bladder infection so they sent me home with a prescription.

Then in clinic on Thursday they told me that they let the urine sit for a while and if bacteria grows then it is in fact a bladder infection but there wasnt any with hers, so what is it? They didnt know they tested her blood yet again and found no sign of any infection. So again we go home.

Saturday rolls around and Livi just isnt herself, whinney, tired, and didnt want anything to eat or drink AT ALL, and complaining that her tummy hurt really bad. So I called the Oncologist on-call and they told me to take her in to the hospital AGAIN....when the clinic is closed they just tell you to go to the ER and they will handle everything the same there..... Well after a long 7 hour wait of sitting and waiting, and the nurse having to access her port 2 different times because she used the wrong sized needle, (GOING TO KILL HER) they did another urine test, a CT Scan, and more blood work they decide she has appendicitis!! I started LAUGHING at this doctor, there is no way after all we have been through with the cancer that someone decided to throw that in too!! I thought the mastioditus was enough! But after they admitted us to the 4th floor (at 4 am) where we were at the beginning, they quickly ruled that out, it turns out the girl just had a really bad case of constipation.....who would have thought? So they gave her some laxatives and sent us on our way! So today she is acting totally fine playing and running around and no more belly pain and no more fever! All is well thank goodness!!