Fever

Hannah started running fever around midnight last night. Her doctors told us to go to the ER. We spent the rest of the night at the Emergency Center at Phoebe. While we were there they were able to get her fever down. Her CBC showed that her counts are very low -- so low that her doctors had us come up to Egleston by ambulance. We arrived here around 10:00 a.m., then stayed in their Emergency Department until 1:00. Since her counts are so low they want to keep her, giving her antibiotics, for at least 48 hours. They aren't sure what caused the fever and said that it is common not to be able to know for sure. When the body has so few white blood cells, anything can cause a fever - even just the bacteria in our mouths, for example.

Hannah feels good and has been very brave. I can't imagine how scary it is for a little one to be in emergency rooms, have unfamiliar doctors and nurses working on her, and be strapped up and wheeled into an ambulance. We have had the best experiences with very sweet and caring medical staff at Phoebe, the ambulance and here at Egleston. That makes all the difference in the world! We are thanking the Lord tonight for good nurses, EMTs, doctors, medicine and hospitals!