Bella Update

I apologize for not posting anything sooner about Bella and her condition. I haven't been very connected the last few days for obvious reasons. Bella was admitted to the ER at Primary Children's thurday morning. We had taken her into Timpanogas ER late last Saturday night where they diagnosed her with a kidney infection and sent us home with oral antibiotics. Wednesday evening we received the urine culture back which is when it turned very serious. Instead of it just being a typical bacteria, (E. coli or staph) we found out that it was pseudomonas. This is very rare in healthy people, especially children and it is very hard to treat because it is resistant to most antibiotics.

When we arrived here on Thursday morning, she was in very bad shape. They told us that her body was going into shock and they started treating her very aggressively. After they got fluid in her, they started her on some very strong IV antibiotics. We spent most of the day in the ER where they monitored her vitals very closely. That evening, they felt she was stable enough to move to the Children's Medical Unit. She started doing quite it bit better but then had a really rough night. They couldn't get her fever below 106 in spite of being on strong motrin and tylenol through her IV. She was shaking uncontrollably and vomiting. When they tested her blood that morning, it showed over twice the inflammation/infection than was present when we arrived, which was the exact opposite of what they had hoped after being on the antibiotics.

Right now the biggest concerns are that they can find antibiotics that will work and that it hasn't and doesn't spread to her bloodstream and other organs. We are hoping that by tomorrow we will know both of those things, but until then there isn't much more we can do.

We just can't thank our family, friends, and coworkers enough right now. My family has taken turns with Ava so that Devin and I could both be by her side this entire time. My parents have been here the majority of the time during visiting hours for support and her room was packed with visitors and gifts tonight. Lastly, thank you for all the prayers and fasting for our little girl. We know they are being heard and if anyone has faith it is our little Bella. I will try to be better about updating this.