Say a little Prayer

My baby girl is in the hospital. All was going great on our first night home. She wasn't sleeping but she wasn't fussy at all. Just wanted to be awake! Seth was tending to her while I was trying to get some sleep. My cell phone started ringing and it was an unknown number so I didn't pick up. It was 3:20 in the morning so I assumed it was a wrong number! The person left a message and thank goodness I checked it. It was the pediatrician from the hospital saying we needed to get Saylor in to the ER immediately. Something about a blood culture coming back positive and that meant she had an infection in her blood and she needed to be treated right away. I have NEVER been to the ER and I would be just fine if I never have to go back. We got Dylan up and got dressed then headed that way. Seth and I called our parents on the way and they both headed to the ER as well. When we got there all of the nurses and doctors in the ER were very confused about why we were there. That was very frustrating because we were very confused as well. They finally had us go to the pediatric floor so they could do the tests and get her IV in. We spent the morning cuddling Saylor and crying. I am not sure I have ever cried so much in my life. Seeing your 3 day old cuddled in blankets, looking perfect but knowing something is wrong is the most difficult thing to go through. Finally around 10:00 another pediatrician came in and explained things to us. Basically when she was born they drew some blood on her hand and while they did that some bacteria that was on her hand go in the blood they drew. So when they did a blood culture it came back positive with bacteria. Since she is so young she needed to be treated immediately. They are doing another blood culture to make sure that there isn't a bacteria in her blood and we will get the results Sunday. Her stats are all great, she is eating, pooping, and sleeping...so just what a newborn is supposed to be doing! We are doing much better knowing what happened. We are trying to split our time at home with Dylan and at the hospital. We can't be selfish about where we want to be...we both want to be at the hospital at all times but we know that Dylan needs us just as much. Thank goodness for wonderful family that stays with us while at the hospital so we never have to be alone. It is nothing I thought I would have to deal with, but I just have to tell myself that it will be OK and this is something that we will get through and make us a better mommy and daddy and husband and wife.

Please say a little prayer that Saylor doesn't have an infection in her blood, that Dylan continues to deal with this with a great attitude, and that Seth and I can be the parents to our 2 little ones during this time.