What a day!

Well - my little Mattie has been sick for the last 5 days. High fever and just darn right ornery! We took her into the doctor on Monday and they said she had Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. Apparently pretty common among little ones, however, we were told there was not much we could do. Than yesterday, she began having these strange twitches which started wigging me out so I called her doctor and she said to take her to the ER - so off we went!! We got there at about 5:00 pm and they took us back to a room at about 7:00. We waited and waited and waited and they finally decided that they should draw blood - which they did via an IV (just in case they needed to give IV antibiotics, the didn't want to poke her multiple times). However, the IV didn't work in either hand (after multiple attempts which included multiple pokings) so they put it in her head! Yes - her head!! Did anyone else know they did this - it was not to pleasant for mom, however, Mattie didn't really mind after all the poking was done. Apparently that is one of the best places to put IV's for babies. Anyway, after all her pokings and tests - they decided that she has a kidney and urinary tract infection. The twitches were actually a symptom of the kidney issues. So that being said, we ended being admitted last night for observation and just barely made it home. Mattie is doing much better and is as feisty as always. Thanks to all those who pitched in with kids - Grandma Helen, Grandma Bonnie, Beth. You made life much easier the last 24 hours. I will post a picture of Mattie's head bow (i.e. IV) as soon as I have a chance to download pictures.