The Puddles

She got an ambulance ride yesterday which Ben has never really had (well maybe one short trip when he was two and we got scared after his first heart surgery. But he was good before they closed the back of the ambulance).  The end result of yesterday’s adventures is that Madie has a really good bladder and kidney infection.  But that was not determined until we went to two emergency room and had an ambulance ride.

Yesterday afternoon Madie started complaining of stomach pains.  She had them earlier that day (around 1am) but after several hours they had resolved themselves.  The pain went from uncomfortable, to vomiting, to screaming in pain especially when Chris pressed on her belly.  Of course, the doctor’s office was closed. So I dropped the kids off at the neighbor’s house and drove Madie to the stand alone Memorial Herman emergency center.  The doctor there suspected appendicitis because her belly pain just happened to be located over that area of her body.  So he calls down to the Memorial Herman Children’s Hospital in the Medical Center and they determine to have Madie go down there for better testing. So an ambulance ride later brought us to the second hospital.  Uncle Dave was kind enough to meet us there and entertain us for the next several hours while a series of doctors (medical doctors, residents, “bosses”, surgeons, and nurses) all came and poked her trying to determine what was wrong.  After a urinalysis and an ultrasound (where Madie got to see her kidneys and bladder), it was determined that she had a bladder and kidney infection.  They gave her some omnicept, which she didn’t throw up, so we went home. Hallelujah!

It was a long day and a long journey. Madie has an experience that she will never forget and some medicine to make her feel better.  I am glad.  I hate to see her hurting so badly.  Dad even joined us in the end of the journey to ask his hundred questions about their diagnosis.  It was good that Daddy was there because my car was at my house (after Uncle Dave/Aunt Deb drove it home for me).  The other two kids had been shuffled from the neighbor’s, to Ms. Shirley’s, to Aunt and Uncle.  They were dead asleep on the couches at Aunt Deb’s house when we got there.  They didn’t wake up at all while we put them in the truck, drove them home, and put them in their beds.  It sounds like they had an adventure unto themselves yesterday.

But the world has resolved itself and all of my little ducks are home and resting.  Eventhough Madie can’t play her soccer today, her brother still has baseball.  So it is time to get that part of the family up and moving so that they can get to their game!  Life has truly returned to normal.