We're in the hospital...

After another trip to Seattle Children's this week (we came over here on Monday) Maddie was admitted this afternoon to the floor. She caught the yucky virus her big brothers have had and after labs were run Monday, it was determined that she has "Metapneumovirus" which is very similar to RSV. It affects the respiratory system, usually bronchial, and it typically just runs you down. She's had a fever off and on, very irritable and can't keep much down due to the horrible cough. We also learned it's common in warmer seasons. It really was hard on the boys so we were just waiting for little miss' turn since it was inevitable she'd get sick with two brothers hacking all over the place! They're feeling much better now after a full week of recoup.

We came back to the ER this morning after finding that her sats were in the mid-low 60's with dips in 50's with our pulse ox at home. She has typically been running around 78-80 lately, even on Monday when we were here, her sats looked great. She also woke up quite puffy, much more "blue" and pulling quite a bit when she was breathing. Luckily, she's hydrated (enough). They just want to keep an eye on her and watch what she's going to do in the next 24 hours or so...and we need to figure out what is causing her sats to be so low! Heart wise, she looked fine on Monday so it's really stumping us. She's not that congested, they suctioned her really well and hardly got any mucous out. So it's weird. Maddie's on oxygen and is still trying to pull of all of her leads and nasal cannula, so I see this as a good sign. On top of all of this, she also has a horrible rash which is a combo of old mosquito bites and hives. Yes, she does look quite lovely and if Iwasn't typing this on the hospital's computer, I'd post a picture. Sorry for no updates lately...we're going on 10 days of kids being sick, Maddie being the caboose and feeling so crummy. Poor little love.