Back to the hospital we go

Wow, what a weekend. After Aunt Jaclyn left on Thursday, I was really feeling sick. I had a fever and chills. I called the doctor and they recommended going back to the hospital to get checked out because they didn't know what was causing the pain and fever. I called Kent home from work and he took me back to the hospital. I figured I'd spend all night in the ER waiting in triage for some antibiotics. Boy was I wrong. I got there and they took me right away up to mother and baby to check out my incision from the c-section. They quickly realized I had an infection so I was hooked up to pain meds, broad spectrum antibiotics, and IV fluids right away. That night Kent, Zoe, and I spent the night in the hospital. My mom came home from Ohio early to join and help us at the hospital. Friday and Saturday are a blur. I felt like I was on an episode of House. I had four different teams of doctors trying to figure out what kind of an infection I had, what caused it, and how to treat it. I ended up in the CCU because my blood pressure dropped so low and my heart rate was going so high. Zoe couldn't stay at the hospital then so she had to go home. Kent's parents helped us out by coming up to help watch Zoe at home. We even had some help from Patty, who was able to donate her breast milk because I was not able to breastfeed while in the hospital and on so many meds. It was crushing for me to not see Zoe and to not be able to feed her, but I was so thankful that she was still getting breast milk and that she was healthy at home.

By Sunday I started feeling better, they found that the infection was a strep A gram positive infection. We were lucky that the four broad spectrum antibiotics were designed to combat that infection so we were back on the right track. I was transferred out of the CCU and was back to a regular room on Monday so Zoe could come back and visit. It was so great to see her and know that she was doing well. On Tuesday I was able to leave. They had to insert a PICC line so that I could continue the antibiotics at home. I was sent home with two antibiotics, one oral, and one for the PICC line. I was just so happy to be going home. I will continue to be on antibiotics until June 5 at least, but at least they are safe and I can begin to breast feed again and I'll be home getting better! Hurray!

What a crazy scary weekend. Thank you to everyone who helped with Zoe and with me! We really appreciate the help and support from our wonderful family and friends! Thanks for the prayers!