the results are in..

eleanor update:

unfortunately eleanor continued to have a fever over the weekend off and on so monday morning i made her an appointment to see the pedi.
they checked her ears, eyes, throat, chest and all seemed normal.
since none of us were sure of what was going on (a fever was her only symptom), they decided to test her urine. they wanted to check to see if she possibly had a bladder infection or if she had strep. yes you can get strep down there.
they had to use a catheter.
on a 6 month old.
eleanor was not a happy camper.
i had to hold her head and hands and when it was all over with, blake held her & comforted her while i talked with the doctor.
then when she saw me across the room, she started crying again.
it truly broke my heart.

the doctors sent us home with antibiotics to get rid of the infection & said they would call us today with the results.
i just got off the phone with the doctor.
it is in fact a bladder infection.
not exactly the news we wanted to hear but i had a feeling.
we are supposed to continue giving her the meds for 10 days.
they will then retest her urine to see if things are better.
at that point, i am not sure what will happen.
there is potential for a lot more testing to see what caused the infection.
we are praying we do not have to take that road for eleanor's sake.
the good news is that if she didn't have a fever, you would never know she was sick.
therefore i don't think she is in any pain or discomfort.
she is her normal, happy self.
her last fever was this morning at 99.4 so we are hoping that was the last of them.

please keep eleanor in your prayers over the next ten days and pray that the infection clears and no more testing will be needed.