Exciting Events

So, first things first--George the Giant, our personal friend and world-famous sword swallower :) was on America's Got Talent last week! The kids were very excited to see him since they had just seen him in person. I was surprised that they put him through actually. We'll be watching his progress!

Ellie had a little visit to Valley Children's Hospital last week. I finally took her to the doctor after 3 weeks or so of a fever on and off. Sometimes she told me her side hurt, but it never lasted and it wasn't in the appendix area, so I wasn't concerned. But then she had pain when she went to the bathroom, so I suspected a bladder or kidney infection. The doctor we saw (Dr. Jones, pediatrician extraordinaire, was out of town) wanted her to go to the hospital for "further evaluation" because he thought they might want to treat her in the hospital for a few days. Whoa, that wasn't what I was expecting! But luckily they didn't have to keep her. They gave her IV fluids, did blood and urine tests, and decided that she probably didn't have a kidney infection, but did have a pretty good bladder infection. They did a round of IV antibiotic and put her on an oral med for two weeks. I was feeling pretty stupid for letting it go on this long, but I had no idea she had a bladder infection! She never complained of pain when urinating until that day. I thought that was the major symptom! Well, now I know, and now she has to have more tests, etc. done by Dr. Jones because she could have other problems. Poor baby. She actually did really well in the ER, but she wasn't pleased at all about the IV. I don't blame her. Even a giant popsicle couldn't coax her to stop crying for quite a while! Glad we only had to stay a few hours!