Yesterday poor Eloise had a looooong day. Her 11:00 am therapy session didn't go so well and one of her pin sites looked a little red so we went to see Dr. Paley's assistant. Well, they took her temperature and it was 103! We initially thought it was due to an infected pin site on her left leg, but the PA wasn't convinced that it looked severe enough to be causing such a high fever. He also told us that it could be the an infection from the incision on the right ankle. But instead of removing the cast on the right leg to check out the incision, he suggested we see a pediatrician to make sure it wasn't an ear infection or something else unrelated to her legs.
The pediatrician did not find anything out of the ordinary so it was back to Dr. Paley's office to get the cast removed and checkout the incision on her right ankle. Dr. Paley took a look at the incision and thought it looked a little red but nothing severe. They decided that since they were not 100% sure where the infection originated from, it would be best to get us in the hospital on IV antibiotics and run a few tests.
We finally got to our hospital room around 8:30 pm last night. They took some blood and a urine sample and then got the IV started. All of the tests (flu, pneumonia, uti) have come back negative which leads the doctors to believe the infection started from either a left leg pin site or the right ankle incision. Her fever was still over 102 late last night but after the IV antibiotics got in her, she has been fever free! I believe they will keep her in the hospital until they are comfortable that they have the infection under control. I suspect that will take a few more days.
Once again, Eloise has been such a trooper. Take a look at a few pictures of our smiling princess today. We will keep updating the blog when we get more information. Thanks again for all the love and prayers. It really means a lot to us. We are so lucky to have all of you with us!
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