Sophie's Stay At Primary Children's Hospital

In January, Sophie started not feeling well.  The first week it seemed like a bad cold.  The second week she started throwing up, so Krista took her in to see the doctor.  They said it was a virus.  She didn't get feeling better, so Krista took her back to the doctor several times, and to the emergency room at Primary several times.  She was VERY SICK!   They did MRI's, Xrays, every blood test you can imagine. Even Primary Children's emergency room couldn't figure out what was wrong and sent her home and just said to watch her.  Finally, on Feb. 25th, she couldn't walk or move her head, so they did a Spinal Tap and found out she had Spinal Meningitis. SCAREY!!!!  That poor tiny girl spent the next 2 weeks in Primary Children's hospital in the most excruciating pain you can imagine.  

She was on as much morphine as they could possibly give her along with several other pain meds.  

When they came to take her temperature or blood pressure, she would scream in pain.  It was AWFUL for her!!!

At first she couldn't eat anything without throwing up, including her medicine.

She wouldn't talk because of all the pain she was in

It was the hardest thing we have ever gone through to watch that little angel go through so much.

So many people were so kind and sent all kinds of cards, balloons, stuffed animals, and fun things to help her pass the time.

For the first week, all she did was lay in bed feeling horrible!  She wouldn't eat or drink much of anything, which she had to do to be able to get better and go home.

I was able to watch Hailey and Aida, so I brought the girls up to try to cheer her up. 

She had totally lost her smile.

Aida had to do a biography book report, and did it on the first woman doctor in the US.  She wore her outfit and brought her medical kit to the hospital to try to help Sophie get better.

  The doctors were baffled and couldn't figure out why she was not getting better quicker,

Unfortunately, she got another terrible illness called ADEM,  It was also terrifying, and so she was there another week before that was gone.  Luckily, unlike the Spinal Meningitis, there was medication they could give her for the ADEM.  They put her on mega doses of steroids, and before long she was on the mend.

She finally found her smile, and we knew she was on her way back!

She began wanting to do things.

For a week and a half, she hadn't even wanted to watch TV or do anything, so this was 

a huge improvement!

Ever since she was admitted, Matt had wanted to take her on a wagon ride.  We had seen all these kids out with their parents going for walks.  She had been way to sick!  On Mar. 7th, she was finally up for it.

Josh stopped by each day he was working at Primary to check on her, and so he came with us for her first wagon ride.  We just pulled all her tubes with medicine along with us!

She still wasn't eating and that was a huge problem.  She hadn't had a bowel movement for 2 weeks, so we were very worried about that. She had been being fed by IV's but she needed more nutrients, so they put a PIC line in.  They could only do this for a few days, and then decided they would have to do a feeding tube.  WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!!  She hated that and pulled it out every time they put it in.   I can't remember if it was 3 or 4 times, but it was awful!  Her nurse finally refused the Drs. orders to put it back in and Sophie started eating real food.  THANK HEAVENS!  She could order whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, and we were grateful that she didn't throw up and was able to have a bowel movement!

Finally, on March 11th, she was well enough to come home!!!  What a great day that was!

We put all the stuffed animals she received on her bed with her.  She go 18 new ones!

This little girl is sure loved!!!!

We so appreciate all the fasting and prayers that were sent her way.