We knew eventually the little darling would get sick. Some babies are born with a sickness so in all respects we are quite lucky that LJ didnt get sick until a week before 5 months. If I can say one thing about her – its that she likes to start things out with a bang. So here we are 4 days into a sickness – she is on the mend and we still lack some answers. During the process of the sickness we did learn that we really like our pediatrician. She seems to get us even confessing today that we were inches away from a hospital visit when we went in on Wednesday. I’m glad she told us that today, not Wednesday.
So here’s what happened. LJ woke up to nurse Tuesday night at 1am and she was hot – but damn this child is always hot so we nursed then I thought she was hotter even though we lost clothes to nurse so I took her temp – 102.2. I woke up Amber and we decided to give her ty.lenol and hold her tight for an hour then check to make sure it was going down. At the recheck it was 101.1 so we figured we were doing the right thing. At 5 we gave her 1/2 a dose of ty.lenol and she spit it up. At 6 her fever spiked up to 103. I put on my clothes to go to the hospital. Instead we called the doc who told us to hold tight and bring her in at 8:30. So I ran out to get more tylenol (of course we would run out.)
So we took her in and they took blood and ran some fast tests – her white blood cell count was alarmingly high – so more tests ensued including a throat, urinary, and blood cultures. The blood culture was perhaps the WORST… she is a chubby baby so it took many many minutes of digging to get a vein. I cried. She whaled. The doc just kept apologizing. She got a shot of antibiotics and with 4 bandaids we are sent home with instructions to come back Thursday. Thursday same sick kid, although white blood cell count was better. More sticks. Friday morning her white blood cell count is back to normal but her urine culture is not.
So basically the kid has a urinary tract infection… which is suspicious in a smidge as young as she so we are bracing for more testing. There is a 50/50 chance that it was a fluke or that it is a bigger problem of the anatomical nature. So we have 8 days of antibiotics, a new urine culture, then off to a pediatric urologist for an ultrasound and more tests.
I am staying away from Doc. Goog.le until we know more. It has been a scary few days but we are all on the mend now. Here is a picture from earlier this week. I hope we get more smiles like this in the coming days.
6 Comments
February 20, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Oh poor little LJ and poor you! I’m glad she seems to be on the mend and do hope it turns out to be nothig terrible.
February 20, 2009 at 2:37 pm
For a first sickness, this is certainly a whopper. Full of hope that this will be a fluke and not a sign of more serious things to come. xo
February 20, 2009 at 3:30 pm
She sure knows how to take off with a bang! I hope the tests come back okay and she is a healthy little girl. Btw…Gosh, that picture attests to your fortune!
February 20, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Scary! I hope she starts feeling better very soon and that it was just a fluke. I love those chubby cheeks.
February 26, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Yikes. What a scary few days. Glad to hear she is on the mend now.
February 26, 2009 at 9:23 pm
What a doozy! I am glad to hear she’s doing better, and I hope everything turns out just fine.
She is just so adorable!