Some of you may know already, but some may not know that Peyton is in the hospital.
We have been here since Monday morning. He started to complain of his leg hurting on Saturday, he said he scratched it on the coffee table, but by that evening, his leg was really hurting and he was limping. That night he wouldn't even walk to the bathroom and had to be carried.
Sunday he woke up and said his back was hurting and both legs hurt.
On Monday he wouldn't even turn his neck and stiffened up like a board when I carried him to the bathtub, so it was time to go to the doctor. We should have taken him in Sunday, but we waited until Monday. Well when we got the the doctors office, Peyton told the doctor that everything hurt. She did a strep test which came out negative. She said that she was worried about Meningitis, which I was also concerned about. She told us to go straight to the hospital.
Well, the Spirit was looking out for us, because my good friend Shanna happened to be at the doctors office with her kids at the same time we were and she was coming out of her treatment room at the same time as we were, and I filled her in on what we were doing with Peyton and she offered to take Jackson with her for a while and then my other good friend Jess would watch him the rest of the day.
What a blessing to have such good friends. Josh who kept me company while Peyton was sleeping, Susie who brought me all kinds of goodies to keep me and Peyton busy, including this laptop. And to Jim who came to visit us today and answered a lot of medical questions we had. And Jess who has had Jackson for 2 days now. We are so thankful.
Well, when we got to the hospital another pediatrician examined him and decided to go draw blood and do a hip x-ray, and those results all came out negative. Then he decided to go ahead with the spinal tap for the Meningitis. He sedated Peyton which was really good, because it looked really painful. One of the results came out negative right away, but we are still waiting for the last culture to see if he has Meningitis or not and whether it is viral or bacterial. If that comes out negative, then the doctor really doesn't know what it is. He has a few ideas, and he said he might order a few more tests tomorrow. So for now its me and Peyton stuck quarantined to this small hospital room.
He seems to be feeling better. He did get some strong antibiotics yesterday and then today broke out in a rash, so they changed his antibiotic. I know the doctor will probably test for some arthritis, for a 3 year old. Crazy.
I am looking forward to tomorrow to see what diagnosis Peyton is going to get. They will probably send us home to wait it out. If he just has a strange virus it will clear up in 5-7 days. I will keep everyone posted as I find out.
