Fever and ER

Just a quick update on Ella. She got a high fever yesterday evening and we had to bring her into the ER. We called the local hospital ER to make sure that if we brought her in they could get her right into a room. They said they were full and the waiting room was full so we would probably have to sit in the waiting room with all the germs. We then decided to drive down to Children's where they escorted us directly back to a special ER room where everyone gowned and gloved just to see her. They had to access her port and drew blood cultures and other labs. Her labs showed that her white blood cells and some other cells had increased dramatically since yesterday- but this is a good thing- it means her body is doing what it should to fight whatever it needed to fight. They swabbed for Flu (that was no fun!) and decided to send us home. Saying that since she looked good and the hospital is full of germs that they would rather have her at home. I guess I'd been mistaken in thinking any fever would keep us there for 4 days, apparently that is only if her labs aren't good or if she looks sick. We didn't get home until after 1am. When we got home we were met by a UPS box from Ella's wonderful old Atlanta playgroup. It just brought tears to my eyes because Ella had been asking during her time in the ER if we had anything special for her (prize) and I didn't. And then a box full of gifts were provided for us in perfect timing. Thank you Atlanta ladies!

Today Ella is fever free, feeling good and busy playing doctor to Summit, I hear his temperature is a little high (and then in a whisper she tells me she's doesn't really know, she's just pretending.) We should get a call today from the Oncology fellow letting us know the results of Ella's flu swab. We are praying we can all stay flu free this season as this year Ella getting the flu is very scary to us.