Angel's Admitted into the Hospital for the First Time:(

Two weeks ago, my six year old Little Angel had not only her first ear infection, but a triple one! Swimmer's ear in both and a middle ear infection in her left ear.

In case that wasn't enough, she was admitted into the hospital for the first time yesterday morning. Friday I decided it was time to call the doctor as we were getting no where with her on a chronic issue for her---only this time it had gone way too far--at least six weeks--she was SEVERELY backed up---and yes, I said six weeks and NO activity! This girl is unbelievable--she continued to eat and exhibited zero signs of any discomfort and continued to be in a good mood. But obviously it was way past time to deal with it--and home efforts did not work (and rarely did in the past, it's a control issue with her, and the move was a big change and hectic). So, here we are in a new state with new doctors, basically in a relatively small town--and we had to admit our little girls into the hospital:( The staff was great, took good care of a relatively minor issue (she did have to stay overnight though, her daddy stayed with her); but I will tell you, there is a MAJOR difference between a small town, small potatoes hospital, compared to the very sophisticated ones I was used to in the Milwaukee area. And of course we were always very fortunate to know that Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, noted around the entire country as being a top notch facility, was right in our own backyard. I'm sure we can still find excellent hospitals if we were ever to truly need one, in Savannah or Charleston--but Wisconsin does have excellent hospitals and doctors, and I can see the difference. Though you can't believe how beautiful the location of the hospital is--it's right on the water, with a beautiful pier--just yards from the water. We "enjoyed" dining outside on the waterfront terrace of the hospital cafe:)

Little Angel and Hello Kitty did very well; as did Fairy Girl who was a good sport about hanging out between 10 am and 9pm. And both Hello Kitty and Little Angel are doing very well, though there is a long ways to go before they are "clean and regular."

Oh, I should add, I won't go so far to say that Little Angel enjoyed her experience, but she did enjoy having her own tv, control of the remote, and popsicles!!