long nights..

...or are they days?  Who knows anymore.  It all sort of jams together when we're in the hospital.

Yes, that's what I said.  In the hospital.  With Abby (the same Abby I mentioned in the previous post followed by the line "I don't think she'd be admitted").

Turns out my girl was very dehydrated.  She was hanging on like nothing was wrong and then flew off the cliff in one big jump.  She also began having severe abdominal pain.  It began to occur to me that it might not be a virus after all late Wednesday night.  I still might be, but we'll see today. 

Her CT scan last night showed a pocket of fluid in the intestines around the area where the appendix is, but her baclofen pump obscures the view.  Her white blood count was up a little, but not so much that if it were her appendix it would rupture immediately.  She's being treated for the dehydration and getting morphine for the pain.  She's resting comfortably right now. 

She'll have an ultrasound and x-rays this morning.  If all looks clear, we'll go with the theory that it's a very nasty tummy bug.  Tummy bug sounds WAY too cute for what we've been through, doesn't it?

She still has to eat and drink, and have manageable pain before she can go home.  My hopes for an overnight stay may have been optimistic.  If all looks good today as far as blood work/scans go, I'll still push for discharge this evening.  Hospital life is very difficult on little ones. 

Please pray that if there is ANYTHING I should be concerned about, they would be able to see it and we could deal with it.  I don't want to miss anything.  But if she's alright, I'd really love to go home.

Thank you for your prayer and concern, it is truly a comfort.