Emergency Trip

A couple weeks ago, we made our first trip to the emergency room :(  Ella had been complaining with her tummy hurting for a few days prior to our ER trip.  It seemed to be getting worse and our pediatrician recommended we go ahead and go that evening.  They were so good to Ella!  They wanted to rule out appendicitis and the only way they could was to do a CT scan….that meant an IV, drinking contrast, and getting Ella to be still while they did the scan.  I was so proud of my BIG GIRL!  She didn’t cry when they started her IV…instead we sang Dixie Chicks :)  She drank the contrast without complaining even though she shivered every time she took a drink.  She recommended they get strawberry flavor to the nurse.  She was such a trooper!  Cory got to stay with her when they did the scan and he said she did exactly what the CT tech told her to do :)  We are so thankful to God that the CT scan and all her blood work came back good!  She had been on antibiotics and had the stomach bug so they think it was a combination of that and a little constipation.