These things happen, I guess..

Well, we have been in the hospital with Ava since Friday afternoon. She has a staff infection! She had 3 little ant bites (or so we think..we never actually saw the ants) on her arm. Mike says he noticed them over a week ago. They got read and started swelling over the course of last week. But Mike has the same reaction to ant bites, so we just assumed that she has some sort of allergy to ants. Well... they just kep looking worse and worse. Finally I decided that they looked a little infected, so I took her to the pediatrician's office to hopefully just get an antibiotic to knock it out. The doctor took one look at it, knew it was staff and sent us straight to the hospital...well AFTER she squeezed and dug and squeezed and dug as much puss out as she could. All while I had to hold down my screaming baby as she looked at me like "why are you letting this happen to me?" It was awful. So yesterday, we finally saw the Doctor who tells us that, apparently, her strain of staff is resistant to the antibiotic. And they won't know until they get the culture back (MONDAY) which antibiotic to use. So for now, she just gets the general antibiotic and steroids through the IV. Poor thing... she's terrified of the nurse staff. She screams every time they come in to even check her temperature. and she's so extremely boredI guess once we get the right antibiotic, and the puss softens up again (it has hardened under her skin), they'll squeeze more of it out. That's the worst part. So please say a little prayer for us. I know it could be sooo much worse. There are some really sick babies on our floor. But just pray that the antibiotic will work fast and that she wont be in too much pain. Hopefully we can go home Monday or Tuesday!