Update

I really don't like viruses. Especially the ones that leave your toddler all dizzy and scared.

Last week, Katie was running a fever. She seemed to get better, so we took her out. Then she got worse and we ended up at Children's Mercy South with a transfer to downtown about halfway through the day.

Saturday morning Katie woke up and was sick. I had to get everything cleaned up and then she couldn't walk. She was falling over and wasn't able to go in a straight line. We took her in to get checked out and the staff at CMHS couldn't figure out why she was so dizzy. They did a check for ear infection, strep, and bloodwork. Nothing. She rode in the ambulance to downtown just because it was safer and less of a liability for them to do it that way rather than us drive her. It turns out that it was a good thing because if CMH didn't know we were coming by transport, we would have been in the waiting room for a very long time. About the time we were arriving was the time they were treating the gunshot and stabbing traumas over the weekend.

So, they did some more tests. Katie had a CT scan, lumbar puncture and urinalysis. They wanted to rule out all the "big" things. Fortunately, all of those tests came back negative. I was upset they were doing so many tests, but relieved at the same time because they were looking for a problem. At one point the doctors told us that they may never know why and that would be ok. The main doctor treating her was saying that if she is still thinking about her case when she is driving home, then she knows she missed something. Better safe than sorry. The staff was very good to us and especially Katie. I am so thankful that we have such great resources so close by.

They finally sent us home about 10:30. Katie was still dizzy on Sunday, but was a lot better about it. It was almost funny because when she felt like she had enough strength to stand up, she would kind of wobble and say "whoa, sit here." She has been such a trooper.

We had her administered to and I could tell an immediate improvement. The power of prayer is an awesome thing.

She is over the dizziness, but has a cough now. We aren't completely out of the woods yet, but we are 1000% better than Saturday morning.

It is so nice to have our families in town when situation like this arise. I am thankful to be surrounded by so many supportive people in our congregation too.