we live at the hospital

i tell ya, between getting xrays on the boys to check for pnuemonia 2 weeks ago, and having cat scans and xrays on lacee the past 3 weeks, i believe we should be allowed free room and board and meals and snacks at our local hospital for at least a week!
3 weeks ago, lacee began complaining of serious tummy pain. she missed an entire week of school, between the pediatricians office and the hospital. physical tests and symptoms pointed to appendicitis. bloodwork, urinalisis, and cat scan pointed to nothing. 2 days later she says she is worse than she was before. back to the doc, and back to the hospital for repeat bloodwork and ua. still, they showed nothing. lacee was prescribed an anti spazmatic medicine for her tummy.
now, 3 weeks later, she is hurting worse in her belly than before. our pediatrician is out of town and her office is booked solid till the end of the week, so monday evening i take her to the E.R. bloodwork and ua this time show kidney infection and extreme urinary tract infection. lab said so much blood in her urine it would not even register! so she was given meds for that and sent home. after 2 rounds of meds for uti and pain, and 24 hours later, lacee is still hurting, even worse than before.
back to the e.r. we go. they tell us that the bloodwork the night before also showed that she was really dehydrated. they order an xray (they didnt want to give another catscan due to all the radiation). they give her a bag and a half of fluids through the iv, and redo bloodwork and ua. says the uti is a little better, blood still looks good, and the xray showed she was "backed up". (fos as her daddys said). mark and i got to see the xray---wow!!
i asked if this is what has been causing the pain for the whole 3 weeks. the doc says it is possible, but he was not sure and didnt want to say so.
we are sent home with more meds for the uti/kidneys, and 2 "bullets" for the bm. each bullet produced a small bm. 24 hrs later, she has been drinking apple juice, water, and pedialyte. eating grapes and just finished a dose of miralax. she has not gone any more than the 2 small times.
she says she is still hurting.
throughout this ordeal, she has been alot ALOT more sleepy than usual, and has lost 5 lbs. she didnt have it to loose anyway.
we still dont know what exactly is wrong with lacee. she missed school today, wednesday. as a parent, not knowing what is wrong, how to fix it, and/or what to do about it, is the most helpless and horrid feeling.
i am so thankful for great friends. one of my "sisters" (i am an only child, but i have 2 ladies i grew up with, we say we are sisters), debbie silliman, cared for my boys mon night. my bff since we were 16yrs old, chrissy davis, took my boys and cared for them tue night. while on my way to the er the second time, i sent a text message to a couple people letting them know where we were headed and asked them to research the symptoms. next thing i know, my dear friends jennifer copeland and george ann haynes, along with her daughter kara and friend haley, are out at the er with us. lacee and kara have been bffs since kindergarten, and she and haley are growing closer as we have began going to church again and haleys family moved here a few years ago. then our dear pastor david baker shows up and says a touching prayer with us that lacee will be diagnosed and back to normal very soon! what a blessing friends are!!