We went to get the meds and go home. I went to get the prescriptions filled at the drive thru cuz I wasn't sure how I was going to take a sick boy, a 5 year old could wouldn't walk, and a baby into the store. I ended up sitting in the drive thru for 45 mins. with 3 kids crying in the back I was going to loose it. I called Shriner's while I was waiting. They told me they couldn't get me in, but my care coordinater would talk to the dr and see what she wanted me to do. She called me back about 20 min later and said the dr wanted me to go to Primary's ER. I really didn't want to so I told her I would talk to my pediatrician and see. She called me back about 30 mins later and again told me to go to Primary's ER. She told me if it is a joint infection it could cause permanent damage. Patrick was at work and I had things I had to do that day so I put it off. The dr called me back and once again told me I needed to be in Primary's ER now. We finally decided we needed to go down. My mom came and stayed with Brayden and Haddie. We didn't get on the road until after 6. We to the ER and back to a room at about 8 pm. We were tired and frustrated because we didn't even see a nurse for over an hour. Finally we started to get some help. First they got an IV started. On the first try! They ran blood work but they didn't want her to eat anything. So they checked to make sure she didn't have an ear infection, strep, or uti. I was pretty frustrated because I wasn't sure why an ear infection would cause joint pain. They decided to an ultrasound of her knee. The poor girl was so tired and was drifting in and out. They did the ultrasound of her knee and didn't find anything abnormal. But the ortho dr wanted to see if he could drain any fluid from her knee. They gave her some anesthesia and tried to get fluid out. They were only able to get out a little so they sent it off to be tested. They still didn't know what was causing her pain. All the test result came back normal but they knew she had an infection somewhere. They finally decided to admit us but we didn't get back a room until after3 am. They couldn't get her in for an x-ray or MRI until morning so we got to sleep about 4 and x-ray got her in about 7.The ortho dr didn't think the x-ray would show anything so Whit was scheduled for an MRI about 11. Whitney was so brave and strong. They physically straighten her leg for the x-ray and she just went with it. The poor girl still couldn't have anything to eat and she had not had anything since 5 the night before. They didn't call us for the MRI until noon and didn't get her back until close to 1. I lost it. I was so frustrated. This was a 5 year old little girl would couldn't eat anything and was in pain, but they would doing nothing to help her. I was about ready to pick her up and take her somewhere else. There was a dr in Ogden I was going to take her to. They had no answers and just keep trying something else. I felt like they had no idea was they were going to do next. Durning Whits MRI, we went to get us some lunch. We hadn't eaten since the night before. When we went back to the room and waited for Whit. The ortho came in and told us they had an answer. Whitney had an infection in her bone. She needed surgery right away so the get the infection out. They wheeled Whit back into the room and about 10 minutes later they wheeled her back for surgery. The surgery took about 45 minutes. They said they were able to drain all the fluid from her knee and remove the synovial. They also had to drill into the bone so the infection can drain. She did great. When were where able to take her back to the room she was finally able to get some food and get some sleep.
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