Iowa

Okay, so there were not many photos taken today but I have an excuse.....really! We were all tucked into bed last night when around 930pm Kiera just was not feeling so hot and was crying out in what we thought was pain. So, after debating for a couple of minutes we decided to head out the nearest children's hospital's emergency to get this nipped in the bud - forget the other place.....that was never going to pan out anyway.
We arrived at the emergency room expecting to sit down with all the other worried parents "patiently" waiting our turn to be called.....secretly, thinking, "My kid is much worse than that kid....We really should be before that family". But to our luck, we were the only ones there. It was so not busy that the front desk lady couldn't get the information in fast enough before the nurse came and got us. Unfortunately, because of the harsh treatment that Kiera received from the first clinic we visited in Salt Lake City she is now completely untrusting of doctors and screams bloodly murder if set down on the bed. This made looking her over an unique experience for the nurse who needed to get her vitals.
Not long after the nurse left the doctor came in like the tazmanian devil. I could barely answer his questions before being bombarded with another question or an "oh yes, I see" or a "okay, no, okay, I got it". I think that he was in our room for a total of 60 seconds before telling us in 2 seconds flat something along the lines of: he is sorry that she had a reaction, I will order a shot for her and some benedryl. Okay, let me know if you need anything else. Okay, have a good night. Oh, yes, follow up tomorrow with a doctor on her condition. Yup, yup good night. Whew! I felt a little hyped up and gittery by the time he left......
So, Kiera got her shot.....which we were a little frustrated by. Why couldn't they have just done that in the first place and saved us the horrible 10 days of admistering the yucky liquid to Kiera orally? Our best guess was money. It always comes down to the almighty dollar with hospitals. Sad. Anyway, Kiera had her shot, got some benedryl (with a bit of persuasion) and we headed back to the hotel and were back in bed by 12:30 - so you can guess that we didn't do our whole 3 am deal-e-o. Nope, we slept in until 7am! It was glorious!
On our way to Iowa City, we called into another children's hospital for a followup visit to our emergency visit that the doctor advised. (We are on a roll....if we keep this up not only will we visit all the Triple D's on the way but all the hospitals too.) So, we went into the new hospital and got to talking with the new doctor giving her the ENTIRE lowdown which I think took around 20 minutes to nail all the details down. After all that and a fax from the original hospital of the completed culture swabs it turns out that Kiera DID NOT have a bactierial infection at all! She has what they call Roseola. They say that all of Kiera's symptoms point to this and that this a very common thing for kids her age to get and that her rash will clear up in a few days and she will be as good as new. So, all that trouble for NOTHING. She didn't even need all those drugs that we were pumping into her! Poor Kiera.
Anyway, that is it. This part of the story is closed up and Kiera is on her way to a healthy weekend. So, as you can see we were awfully busy either sleeping in, driving or sitting in a doctor's office to visit any of the sights or take a ton of pictures. BUT....do not fret! I did manage to get some cute ones of Kiera at a rest stop. Enjoy and tomorrow's blog should be MUCH better - we are getting up at 3am and hope to be in Chicago by 7ish for an entire day of sightseeing! Maybe I'll stop by a see Oprah! :) Good night all!