All day at the hospital....

On Friday Mady woke up and said behind her ear hurt... I really didn't think much of it until I saw it! Behind her ear and underneath all the way down her neck it was completely swollen! She had a field trip that day so Tracy took her to instacare to see what was going on. Well they did a strep test and it came back negative and the doctor said that she would be ok to go to school and the field trip. Well it was still really swollen but Mady seemed to be ok!! Well on Saturday it was still really swollen and it worried me. So I called up to her Pediatrician's office and they got us in. Well when we took her up there the doctor was really concerned. She thought that she may have an abscess tonsil. That didn't sound very fun! Well she wanted to make sure and told us that Mady would need a CT scan! Well Mady lost it right then. She was told that she would need to get an IV and that they did this with a needle.... Well Mady was out of control from then on! She was so scared and she let everyone in the hospital aware of this! Everyone we came in contact with she would say "I'm Scared!" I told her it was ok to be scared! When we don't know what is going on and that we aren't sure what is going to happen its ok to be scared. I told her that I was going to be scared to get the bill from all of this! Just kidding but I really will be scared to open that bill!

Well after hours of waiting we were able to finally get her CT done. Now this didn't happen very easily... I bribed her with just about everything I could think of to get this test done! She finally accepted the bribery of a Zooble house! She was such a brave little girl!! She held very still and squeezed me and her dad's hands very tightly. I noticed Tracy's actually turning purple! She was very, very brave!! Well after the scan we had to go back up to the doctors office and wait for the test results! We were thinking of when we were going to have to schedule the surgery when the doctor came back and said she had some good news! Madelyn's saliva gland was clogged and that is what was causing the swelling. She told Mady she would need to eat sour candy and suck on hard candy to get the saliva gland working again... Mady looked at her and said " Good thing I like candy, huh!" We all laughed. We finally were able to head home after about 5 hours of hanging out at the hospital! We had one more stop to make and that was at Target for the Zooble house! It was worth every penny to have to see my sweet babes go through such a terrible ordeal! She was very nervous but she stepped up and came through and is one of the bravest little girls that I know!

Tracy had given Mady a blessing and I know that with the power of the priesthood and with the power of prayer Mady overcame her fear! I love my Heavenly Father so much and am so grateful that he hasn't left us here alone. He is with us and if we just ask he is willing to bless us and comfort us. As a mom it was so hard to watch my sweet girl go through this. I can only imagine how hard it must be for our Father in Heaven to watch us go through our trials. He is waiting for us to ask him for his help! He will help us! I love my family and thank my Father in Heaven every day for them!!!