We Have A Room

We have a room...we did not get it until oh about 3 am, then they got her nice and settled and what does the doctor do...order blood work. She got a semi-private all to herself as she is on precautions until they figure out what is wrong with her. It's a weekend so there is not really anything that they are doing anything other then what needs to be done. They asked me if I am willing to let her have a blood transfusion and I was like of course...and then told me that they might have to give her a transfusion as her platelets are low...if they drop any lower on the next blood test they will have to give her one. They also had to stop giving her Advil because of the low platelets so basically right now its a wait and see and no news is good news for the weekend.

And We're Off...To Emerge

So by this morning she was not able to move either her legs or her arms without EXTREME pain...you could not touch her without her being in pain...she just wanted to lay in bed and not do anything, she wet herself because it hurt too much to get up when she got up...also had a fever. I convinced her to let me carry her out out of the room after lunch and watch a movie and as soon as the movie was done she asked to be carried back to her bed...that is when I decided that we should get ready to stay because I knew she was not going to be better...so while she had a nap I got stuff ready to bring with me to emerge and called my Mom and asked her to pick us up before 24 hours so it was still in the afternoon...before the "busy time". We got there I brought her into triage and they had her as urgent and when they took her pulse they crossed that off and marked her as emergent and as soon as we were done in registration they took us into a bed. We saw the REAL doctor within 30 minutes...sometimes usually we have to wait longer then that for a resident...let alone the REAL doctor!!! The doctor ordered a chest x-ray and a CBC and IV start. So the chest x-ray came back a little fluid on the lungs, remember this was clear like 48 hours ago. The CBC came back that her potassium was low, her sodium is low and that there was some sort of infection in her blood cells...they are doing a culture so they need more blood (another poke for a blood test) which again takes 28 hours and they are definably are keeping her...and they are starting her on 2 broad spectrum antibiotics, they ordered a EKG to be done which and they called the on call cardiologist as they want to make sure the infection is not in her heart too...so right now we are waiting for the cardiologist to show up...and a room upstairs so we can get some sleep.

Back to the Doctors

Anniek's fever was down until yesterday afternoon when she suddenly got the shakes again and I felt her and gave her a dose of Tylenol. So her fevers came back not even 24 hours after we left emerge. This morning I had an appointment so my Dad watched Anniek. When she got up she was limping and saying her leg hurt, but I had to leave before the doctors office started answering the phones so my Dad called the doctor and made an appointment for Anniek in the afternoon and asked my Mom if she could drive me. So by the time the appointment came in the late afternoon Anniek could barely walk and did not like putting weight on legs and it hurt to carry her. The doctor looked at her and said that the throat swabs came back and she has strep throat and she just could have a complicated case of strep throat. She gave me the antibiotic prescription and told me to give her all 3 doses tonight and if she is not better in 24 hours to bring her in. I had the prescription faxed to the pharmacy so it could just be picked up and called on the way home to make sure that they got it and it would be ready. She has had 2 so far and she is not better...3 tomorrow before 24 hours up I feel in my gut she won't be but hope she is better by the time it reaches 24 hours.

Off to Emerge...and Back Again

So the Family Doctor called to see how Anniek is and if her fevers are gone down and I said no...she said if they are still going on at 6 to bring her in to the after hours clinic that they have...so I brought her in and the doctor their said to bring her to Emerge. She called and let them know that we were coming and sent a letter with me. Emerge had us wait over an HOUR so I was not happy about that...they gave her Tylenol when we got there...checked her temperature again and it was HIGHER then it was when we got there...so they had to give her something else. The student Doctor was asking his classmate what they 4 defects are for TOF right outside the curtain so after a few guesses I said you can just ask the parent TOF is made up of these CHDs. They did a chest x-ray (clear) and a urine culture (normal) and after she was finally able to get enough down to make them happy, after they gave her something to help her with the gaggyness she was having and her temperature was under control they sent her home...at 3 am.

Fevers and Doctors

Well...I said in the last post about it being a while because not much has happened but now she is sick. First off on yesterday Anniek complained of a sore throat before school and I said that she can still go to school with a sore throat but if she starts feeling worse I will pick her up. I get a call from the After School Program about 10 minutes after they get her...she is asleep and feels warm so can I come pick her up...I picked her up brought her home and I have no Tylenol so I called to get some delivered. I look in her backpack and read her communication bag...the teacher wrote a note about how Anniek is not herself...not sure WHY they did not call me to pick her up from school. I get the Tylenol delivery and give her some she goes to sleep...in my bed cuz she is sick. I go to bed later and wake up to her shaking from the chills, I check her temp 104.7...WOW!!! I give her more Tylenol and it came down so back to bed morning comes and it is up again so I call the Family Doctor and they said to come right in and they did a Strep Throat swab that you get the results right away (they were negative) and one that the cultures take 48 hours to come back. So waiting for the results back and hoping that her fevers get better.