Last Night and EARLY This Morning...

After a great week, Emma suddenly had a turn for the worse last night. While checking on her before we went to bed, we discovered she was running a temperature of 101.8 degrees. We gave her Tylenol and brought her into our room so we could keep a close eye on her; after she started vomiting and was having a bit of trouble catching her breath. The night was very rough as she was having more and more trouble breathing and keeping her oxygen levels above 90 with the support of 100% oxygen (she normally sats 98-100 when she is healthy). Her fever spiked to 105.7 degrees and we did our best to bring it down with cold wet rags, without much success. After reaching the on call Doctor at CHOC at Mission, the decision was made to call 911 and transport Emma via ambulance. She was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, where they ran a bunch of tests. She is still consistently running a temperature over 100 degrees and has been given Tylenol & Motrin to try to bring it down and help her discomfort. So far the only thing we know is that her white blood count is elevated and that she is pretty sick. She is requiring oxygen support and IV fluids. We are waiting for additional test results to come back. We are bracing ourselves for an extended stay. Please keep her and us in your prayers as we wait on the Lord to give the Doctors and Nurses the wisdom to heal our little girl again.