Berklie's Hospital Visit

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Well, as most of you know we went to Disney World for our vacation. The week before we left Berklie had a little spot on her little bo-hinniethat I went to get checked out. Come to find out it was a staph infection, and the doctor put her on medicine asap....that was on Monday. As of Thursday it looked AWFUL, so I took her back to the doctor. The doctor was shocked at how bad it had gotten, so he told me he would be right back. He returned to the room and proceeded to say, "I am sending you over to the hospital to have a surgery. Don't worry, the surgeon is great! She'll meet you over at the hospital and she'll get Berklie better in no time." Well, as you can imagine all sorts of things started running around in my head...holy crap...I can't believe how bad it is...oh no, Flint's in Lubbock...poor thing...how is she even walking?!?!?!? So, after my little freak out and panic....I went over to the hospital, and the surgeon met Berklie and I in the lobby to get us registered. Once that was over she took us into a room and looked Berklie over. She said it did look really bad, but she knew she could take care of it and get all the infection out. So.....Berklie and I waited until she was able to get into surgery. She couldn't go in until she had not eaten for six hours. Man...I thought it was going to be a LONG few hours because she was in pain, she was getting hungry, and had no toys. Much to my surprise, she did really well! I got her a ($5) balloon at the gift shop and it occupied her for a good while! Flint rushed in from Lubbock to be with us as soon as he could and mom and dad came in, too. They wheeledBerklie back and I got to ride in the bed with her. It was neat because when we turned the corner I saw the same anastiologist that gave me my spinal was going to be her doctor as well. It was awful when they took her away!!!! It seriously was the worse thing that I have ever had to do! But, she was back in no time and good as new! She was a little cranky, but I expected that. They had her on a strong dose of medsever 6 hours through iv. They had to come in the first night and redo her iv two times! They ended up having to stick her 6 times! I had to hold her down and it was awful! We got through it and we got out of the hospital on Saturday. We saw the doctor again on Monday, and she sent us over tot he surgeon. The doctor said that it didn't feel right to her. Of course....I was scared once again, but we got to the surgeon and she said it looked great and cleared her to go to Disney World! Thank you all so much for all the prayers for Berklie! Hopefully, we will not have to go through it again anytime soon. Look at her cute little pics from the hospital. All of the pics are from my phone, so the rotation is weird. warning...the first two are NOT cute, but I just wanted you to see how bad it got in a matter of two days. Sorry.

This was her little hinnie on Sunday night...a little zit looking thing. It is zoomed in, but it looked about the size of an ant bite.

This was by Wedbesday night. As you can tell, her entire little hinnie cheek was swollen and hard as a rock.

Mom and Dad rushed in, too. Her she is with mimi after her surgery.

Here Bitty Girl is with her balloon while we were getting admitted.

Bitty Girl in her cute little hospital gown and of course her BOW! The nurses had a little laugh over it.

Telling me the colors that were on her gown.

What a cutie! I still have NO IDEA how she was walking!

Berklie with her papa after her surgery.

Right after they brought her to me. She had finally calmed down a little once I held her.

They tried to stick her iv in her hand first while she was under, but they couldn't find a vein, so had to put it in her foot.

The iv came out of her foot the first night, so they ended up FINALLY getting it in her hand. She ripped it out, then they had to put it in again. The nurse called the doctor and the doctor told her to put a diaper on it. Needless to say, it amused Berklie and she didn't try to yank out her iv anymore.

Day two.

Day three - feeling a little better. Sitting in the chair watching cartoons.

This was certainly the most scary thing I have ever been through! My dad's open heart was awful and scary, but mom was right....she has always told us that when you have children it is different. Well, I agree totally with her. I would have done anything to switch places with her! I am just glad that she is better and hopefully won't remember ANYTHING about this experience! She has a little scare to show for it, but other than that she is great now! Once again thank you ALL for all of the prayers! I have the best family and friends anyone could ever ask for!