Over the weekend, our not-quite-2-week old baby started running a fever. Not much, but our pediatrician said to take her straight to the ER if it hit 100.5. When it was 100.4, we decided to take her and made the mistake of going to our local, rural hospital ER. They did some tests and discharged us telling us to come back if the fever went back up.
Well, Saturday rolled around and we were monitoring her fever. After her afternoon nap, it was up to 100.7, so we called our pediatrician and after he spoke with the pediatrician on duty at a bigger hospital in the same network, he decided to send us to the Children’s Healthcare hospital.
Wow, these people are awesome. If you want an example of what private industry can do in conjunction with tax deductible charitable organizations, check out the Children’s Healthcare system. Everyone (doctors, nurses, techs) has been awesome and it’s wonderful to know that they specialize in children. You can see the love for children that most, if not all the ones we’ve encountered have. It almost makes me want to quit my job and find out some way to make a living helping these people care for these kids!
Our little one is doing great. She’s been on antibiotics, hasn’t had any fever since early Sunday morning, and most of her labs have come back fine. We still have to wait until tomorrow to get the 2-day culture results to find out if we’re going home or staying another day or two. That being said, there are some very sick children here.
I have donated small amounts to Children’s Healthcare in the past, but after this experience, I’m going to find a way to fit a regular donation into our budget. This is what happens when private industry and charitable organizations are allowed to solve the “problems” of our society rather than the government.