The Nurses Love Brecken Best

Back at the beginning of Oct. Brecken had a urinary infection. We took him to the Dr. and got him some antibiotics and thought we were done with that. The next Friday I was heading out of town for a girls' night out w/ my in-laws. As I was driving home on Saturday night Branson called me and said he was going to have to take Brecken to the ER.

Branson had taken him to the insta-care earlier that day because his symptoms of the urinary infection were coming back. They gave him a new prescription and sent them home. That evening though Brecken had thrown up, then he couldn't stand up straight and was delirious.

After a quick blessing Brans drove Brecken to the ER and I met him there. It was a little freaky hearing Brecken talk about things that weren't there. He was telling us that Doofenshmirtz was with us and seeing ducks and pointing into space when the dr's asked where he hurt.

After a short (5 hour) stay in the ER, they admitted Brecken into the pediatrics unit. The plan was that his infection was just really bad and he needed antibiotics via an IV. We got up to the room at about 12:45 am. Brecken had been sleeping for a few hours but they had to wake him up to do a few tests. He didn't go back to sleep and was still kind of delirious. At 4 am I gave up and finally went to sleep.

We had some awesome nurses who came in and helped him build legos while I slept.

Sunday morning he seemed much better. As long as his pain meds were up his fever was down. As soon as it wore off though he was back to not doing good. The dr. said we needed to stay another day to keep going with the antibiotics through the IV.

We had a nice visit that afternoon from Grandma & Grandpa and Taylor and Uncle Moe and Ari. Brecken loved it and showing his legos to his brother and sister. By the end of the visit he was worn out and back in bed. Through all of this he was so positive and content.

The next morning he seemed depressed. He wasn't excited about being in the hospital anymore. It broke my heart seeing him like that, I had to go lock myself in the bathroom and have a good cry. After breakfast we went down for an ultrasound of his kidneys. He rode in the wagon:

After that they let him go to the play room. He loved it! We pretty much spent the rest of the day in there playing.

Here he is a potato head.

I was getting discouraged by the afternoon. I wanted to go home to my other two little ones too. I'd been gone since Friday and it was now Monday. I was worried the dr. wouldn't let us check out since he'd had a small fever that afternoon.

The doctor came at 6pm and gave us the all clear. We were both so happy to be going home!

Brecken decided he like the wheelchair better than the wagon, it's a little more comfy.

The nurses told him how he was their favorite patient and how much they would miss him. We even received a card in the mail a week later that all of his nurses signed saying how much they like him. Such a charismatic kid.

He is pretty much all better now. He has a little bit of re-flux from his bladder up to his kidneys so he is on antibiotics for the next six months.

We are soo , soo grateful for all the help and love that came to us during this crazy time. For neighbors that watched our other two kids and all the meals that were brought in. We are surrounded by wonderful people!