tired as tired could be

we got home at around 330 am this morning after about five and a half exhausting hours in one of portland's emergency rooms. we were worried about michelle's extremely high fever and her loss of appetite so we decided to have her checked. they gave her an iv to get her hydrated, they took blood and xrays of her chest. she was diagnosed with mild pneumonia. after 600 ml of fluids and a good dose of antibiotics, we went home. it has been one of my longest nights as a parent and i wanted to cry while they were trying to find a vein for the iv. it's heartbreaking to see your child in such discomfort and i wish i could take all the pain away. =( the doctor who saw michelle was very helpful and reassuring. i can't help but compare the service that we got from a non-kaiser doctor. we left the hospital tired but relieved because we know the doctor really took the time to thoroughly examine michelle and make sure she will be ok.

she's feeling much better now. she's taking her milk and eating better than yesterday and keeping it down. her fever has significantly gone down as well. she's already lost some weight but she's more active than she was yesterday. her eyes are still droopy and i am praying she'll be well enough to fly back to the bay area tomorrow. we were supposed to fly back tonight but i had to call the airline and tell them about the medical emergency and they rebooked us for tomorrow without charging us any fees (go southwest!!!!). we have to provide them a statement from the doctor during check in that michelle has the greenlight to fly. hopefully, we'll get that tomorrow when we bring her in for a follow up appointment.

*sigh* oh, the growing pains of parenthood.