Possibly The Worst Week Ever!

This week has been awful! Ella got sick on Monday and it has been a complete nightmare since. We spent two nights at Primary Children's until the wee hours of the morning and got absolutely no where. She has had fevers hitting over 105 degrees and has just been miserable. We finally got in to see her pediatrician yesterday and found out that she has influenza A and an ear infection. We did find out that she had flu A at the hospital but what they failed to tell us that it is the most horrible, violent type of flu that you can have. They also failed to mention the additional symptoms that she could develop or how we could help her deal with it at home. The only thing that we were told was to monitor her because it could turn into pneumonia. How in the world can we monitor that? UGH!! The resident at the hospital also told us she had an ear infection but when the attending came in and checked her she said that her ears were perfectly fine. Now we found out 3 days later that she did have an ear infection the whole time and could have been put on antibiotics days ago. It has been extremely frustrating to  say the least. I know that Primary Children's is a good hospital but I've lost my faith in them. This is the third illness that Ella has had to be seen for at this hospital and I have yet to have a good experience there. Taylor and I have both missed almost an entire week of work trying to get her better. It has been absolutely heartbreaking to see her this sick. On the up side, after only 24 hours on antibiotics she is doing much, much better. I even got a good giggle out of her this morning.