Heart Break!

On Monday, January 24th we decided to take Addie to the doctor because she had been running a high fever all weekend long. When I got to the doctor we noticed a large bump on the left side of her neck. The doc thought that it was odd and wanted to go make a call to Primary Children's hospital to talk to some doctors up there. After he got off the phone he immediately sent us up to the Primary Children's ER to go get it checked out. The doctors at PC took a CT scan of her neck and found out that there was a large mass cyst in there. The cyst was something she was born with. Basically some babies are born with this small pocket cyst on their necks and when they get sick it can infect this pocket to balloon up and get larger. They have seen these before, and said that they are uncommon but common at Primary's since this is where all the kids come. The ENT doctors took a large syringe and tried to drain out as much puss as possible from her neck. After that they admitted her into the hospital to work on her fever and infection that she had in the cyst.

On Tuesday, January 25th they came and took Addie's blood for labs to check where her infection levels were. They came back to tell us that the level's were the same and her fever had not gone away at all. The ENT doctors told us that it usually takes 48 to 72 hours for the antibiotics to start working with the body, and that we had to stay and wait it out.

On Wednesday, January 26th the lab levels came back higher than they were. They told us she should be close to a level .8, she was a level 8.1 after the first night, and now she was up to a level 12. Her fever however was getting a little better which was showing signs that something is working with her body.

On Thursday, January 27th the lab levels were down to a level 7 and she had not had a fever within 24 hours. The doctors and us were glad to see this happening, and thought it might since we hit the 48 hours mark the night before. However, the cyst in her neck is still growing and they think that puss is reforming back in there. They are going to take her into the operating room at 3:30PM to make a small cut in her neck to drain out the puss. They think they will help finish off the problem that she is having so we can get home.

We will most likely be at Primary Children's for at least 2 more days, even though none of us want to be. However, we know that this is the place we need to be to get our little girl better. We will stay at least until the doctors , TJ and I feel comfortable to take her home. After everything is settled down with the cyst and the irritation and infection are gone (in about a month after) they will operate on her and take the cyst completely out. They can't do that now due to how inflamed it is and how close it is to nerves, veins, and her air way.

Addie hates every nurse and every doctor here, but who can blame her. She has been up and walking around and playing the last couple of days. We are in good spirits and are determined to get her back to her cute, healthy, energetic self.

We are so thankful for all the support we have received through our family and friends. We are very lucky to have all of you in our lives to help us through these tough times. Keep praying for our little girl in hopes that she can get better quicker.