Headed to the Hospital

...on Friday night, Mariah threw up her dinner all over, and did not sleep at all,tossed and turned,and whined/cried all night. At 4:00am, she vomitted again, and continued to vomit on saturday morning and afternoon. She had a temp. of 102.4, vomitting, and whining in pain...so my motherly instinct was to take her in. Thank goodness I did! After being in the E.R. for 4 hours, with an I.V. started, a UTI performed, blood drawn, and a CT scan of the stomach and intestines...they diagnosed her with Mesenteric Lymphadenitis. There are lymph nodes in our intestines, and Mariah's were inflammed...causing her temp., vomitting, and pain(similar to appendicitis, they ruled that out). Needless to say, they admitted her to the hospital for observation overnite, gave her fluids,an antibiotic, and pain reliever...finally she started to feel better. We got discharged on Sunday afternoon. Thank you to Dr. McNeal, St. Rita's and staff. Note to mothers: Trust your instincts, we know our children best, and know when something is not just right! Even if our rett angels can't tell us how they feel, they still let us know, somehow....