Well, like I said, Christmas afternoon was not quite as wonderful as Christmas morning. After a wonderful breakfast at my parents, we took a VERY tired little girl back home for a nap. Hallie went right to sleep and I laid down for a nap too. Not too long after falling asleep I woke up very suddenly to Hallie screaming the loudest and saddest cry I think I've ever heard from her, which is saying something. Eric ran in and grabbed her and brought her into our room after he couldn't get her to calm down. We very quickly realized that she couldn't talk very well because her tongue was swollen and her lips were starting to swell as well. So without much discussion we put her straight into the car and drove very quickly to the ER at UVRMC.As we walked through the door we got the nurses attention very quickly and they took us right back. It didn't take long for them to get some epinephrine and benedryl in her, and things quickly improved. Still very scary, and we definitely still had a very unhappy camper that wanted nothing to do with anyone or anything besides being held by mom, which was questionable at times too. After receiving the treatment, we had to hang out in the room for a few more hours to make sure it was working.
But the nursing staff was so great to help her try to be happy. They babied her to death, they got her a doll to hold, bubbles to play with, made her a couple different princess crowns, gave her a new sippy cup with apple juice in it, and stickers. I think we left the hospital with more things than Santa brought! :) But it was so nice to have them working as hard as I was to help her feel better and be happy.
All we know is that she had an allergic reaction of some sort, but to what we have no idea. But we haven't had a problem since, and lets hope we keep it that way.
After leaving the hospital four or five hours later, we thought that the drama was over for the night, but oh it wasn't. The doctor at the ER had prescribed some medicine to keep the reaction from rebounding. So we went and dropped the prescription off at Walgreen's, because they were the only pharmacy open on Christmas Day. They said it would be about 20 minutes before it was ready, so we decided we'd go grab something to take home and eat. Well, that was an adventure in and of itself, cause no where was open which was understandable, so we ended up getting Beto's and heading back to pick up the prescription.
We pulled up and saw that the drive through lanes were packed so I just ran into the store to pick up the medicine. After waiting forever, it was my turn. The guy searched and searched for it, only to come back and tell me that they were completely out of the medicine the doctor had prescribed! I asked him if another store would have it and he said that everywhere else was closed and the closest store open on Christmas was in Draper. I seriously just about broke down and cried right there.
After buying the benedryl off the shelf I needed I went back to the car, angry at this point. We went home and in a mad fury started calling every possible pharmacy possible to see if anyone happen to be open. No luck. I tried the hospital to see if there was some way we could buy it from the inpatient pharmacy...nope. So I made Eric call Walgreen's back and ask what they would propose doing, because she needed the medicine to get through the night. Luckily they took pity on us and made it happen. They called the ER doctor and had him prescribe something else. Yes, it was that simple. But we were so grateful.
Luckily the drama ended there, and we still manage to say that we had a good Christmas. But was a crazy one, not soon to be forgotten for sure.
2 comments:
what a mess! So glad you were able to get the medicine. That is crazy. Cute how the nurses were with her in the ER. That was nice.
Oh man! That is awful! That is kind of funny though that the nurses loaded her up with gifts more than Santa :) I would have been livid over the medince thing...holy cow. Glad you were able to get it eventually after all the headache!
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