We took Naomi to her one week appointment last week. Her body temperature was at 96.7 so her pediatrician had us wrap her up and see if she would be able to raise it by herself. We waited half an hour and it dropped to 96.0
We were sent down to the children's ER which was a fee floors down. It was a long walk, very long. The doctor said that we would be admitted to the hospital for a few days to run a number of routine tests. She said it was most likely nothing but since she is so little it had to be done.
They put her under a heater and her temperature came up. We had to leave her alone in the room while they did a spinal tap, but we could be with her the rest if the time. We cried a lot. It was absolutely terrifying. We were in the ER from 9 am until almost 8:30pm. They finally admitted us and we spent 3 days waiting. They gave her several rounds of antibiotics just in case...it turned out to be nothing.
She was fine. She kept her temperature up for those 3 days. We were sent home. I am so thankful that she was ok. I feel for the other families that were there for much longer. Very scary but all turned out fine.
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