Levi's WakeMed Visit

Well i was hoping all of the sickness would leave us when the month of january left...but no such luck! Levi was sick 2 different viruses in january along with an ear infection. Levi had just finished his antibiotic for his ear infection, when he came down with another fever (Saturday the 12th). I assumed the ear infection had not gone away and was planning on taking him to the pediatrician the next day for another round of antiobiotics. i just KNEW it had to be his ear, because there was NO WAY he could have his 3rd virus in a matter of 6 weeks! Too bad i was wrong! That night i noticed he was pretty lethargic and his respirations were very short and shallow. I could tell he wasnt getting good oxygen because his little fingers and nail beds had a blue appearance. So we jumped in the car and headed to WakeMed North. His color looked better by the time we got there, but his fever was still high. Since he is so young and his fever was high they did not take it lightly! He had a blood culture, chest xray, IV, and catheter (for a urine sample). Poor baby was poked and prodded so much! it took them multiple times to get the IV inserted:( We got to WakeMed North around 8:30 pm and around 3:30 am they transported us via ambulance to WakeMed Childrens hospital to observe him overnight. Let me just say that hopefully your child never has to be transported to wakemed, BUT if they do, the Children's Transport team is AMAZING! i was so impressed with them! They have a team specifically for children, that comes to other wakemed locations and takes the children to the childrens hospital. They were AMAZING with Levi! A poor little 5 month old on a stretcher was such a sad little sight, but they made everything so easy. You could tell they loved their job and cared alot about each kid that was in their care. The respiratory therapist that came with them, kept squirting sugar water on Levi's paci whenever it would fall out. She was instantly his best friend:) im convinced he kept spitting out his paci, just to get some more:) After observation at WakeMed Childrens hospital, they let us go home around noon the next day. They chalked it up to a virus after all of the tests came back. His doctor called on monday morning to tell me that the blood culture had grown some bacteria....which of course freaked me out! She said she thought it was a mistake and that the sample had gotten contaminated somehow. So we had to have more blood work done by his pediatrician that day. Brian took him in, since i was at work. The nurses tried several times to get a blood sample, but couldnt find a vein. They told brian that we were going to have to take him somewhere else to get it done. Brian asked the nurses if he could pray about it first.....so he prayed and wouldnt you know the doctor came in and got it on the first try! Praise the Lord! So after a couple of days of anxiously waiting for that blood culture, we found out that everything was fine! Levi is much better now, and i am praying we get through the rest of the winter with no sickness! this momma cant take anymore!