Our Stay at the Ritz CHOA

I was telling my husband that I wanted a weekend at the Ritz where all I would do is lay in the bed, watch movies, and order room service. Well, the weekend of November 7 - 10 that's exactly what I got. On the night of 11/6, I noticed Camille had a small hard lump on her bottom that was painful to touch. We took her to Fayette Piedmont Hospital Emergency Room and they confirmed that it was a boil and needed to be drained. The only problem is that they would have to sedate her to drain it and since she had eaten in the last 4 hours they weren't able to drain it. The next morning we took her to Children's Hospital of Atlanta to have it drained --  we thought it would be an in/ out procedure. We were SO wrong. The boil had doubled in size from the night before and was very very heavily infected. They told us that they would have to administer antibiotics through an IV to be sure the infection was gone. We stayed there from Friday - Monday! And all we did was lay with Camille, watch TV, and order room service from the cafeteria! Be careful what you ask for! Camille was great by the time Monday came - I think the worst thing for her was being hooked up to the IV and unable to run around. This was a scary experience for us because up until this hospital visit we have never taken Camille to an Emergency Room or hospital since the day she was born. Here are a few pictures of us goofing around!

Taken right after they removed the boil - all she wanted to do was eat popsicles.


Don't ask how - but I folded my body into the crib with her. 



This was taken on the day of discharge - Monday 11/10! 

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