On top of the fussy/unsettledness, she had a very high fever and she was burning up. But, to make things really interesting, she was doing this "huffing" thing. We have learned to make up our own words to describe things with Ellie as exact as we can! She was breathing short, fast breathes and kind of twitching and looking around with very "darty" eyes - something she'd done right after her surgery. Then we hooked her up to the machines yesterday and saw her poor little heart rate. Normal for her age (she stays on the high side of this) is usually 120 per minute. Yesterday she was 190 per minute, pounding non-stop! I put on the stethescope and it sounded like someone banging on a door in my ears! So after the nurse did some pain management all day we finally decided to report the symptoms to her team. They were calm about it and suggested we have her pediatrician observe her first thing this morning then go in for an ultrasound if needed.
Our little family prayed so hard last night for Ellie - that she would heal and recover, hopeful that it was just a cold with some pain (causes elevated heart rate). Thanks be to God, she had a restful night and woke up in a decent mood. We did take her in to the pediatrician and by then some of the symptoms had really decreased and her heart rate is now around 150. So we skipped the ultrasound since she has that coming up in 2 weeks anyway.
She's not her happiest self by far but she's hanging in there - getting cheered up by her silly siblings.
