I have been terrible at posting things. There have been things to post, but I'm not going to back track now. We will see how break goes and maybe....
For now, we are dealing with sick Ayden Jane. It's her alter ego and we don't like it. Last week, the week of school before Christmas break, she had a bit of watery eyes and complaints of sore throat. We did not think much of it. Then on Sunday afternoon she was suddenly out of breath. By early Monday morning she was raging fever and obviously sick.
We took her to the pediatrician and he decided that although he did not hear anything, he was not to be fooled again by Ayden Jane so he put her on a pretty strong antibiotic. She did not seem to get better and we took her to the ER Wednesday night because something needed to be done. Breathing treatment, steriods on board and labs drawn. We came home.
Friday morning we got a call from the ER that her blood culture came back positive (but without the specificity yet). They wanted us to go to her primary care pediatrician. He was not in the office today but our favorite ER doctor was so we headed back to the ER.
He started from scratch and found a positive flu test.... He also re ran the blood cultures. He is thinking it's possible the first run was positive by a contaminate (like from AJ's skin) So, she is currently on cefdinir, tamilful, steriod, albuterol and ibuprofen. Had the fever Monday and Tuesday and has coughed, and coughed, and coughed since. Miserable, pitiful and MEAN.
Plan is: if blood culture negative, finish current meds and all should clear up. If culture positive for strep strain, then we will extend the cefdinir for a few more days than the 10 prescribed. If culture is positive for staph, we will have to return to the hospital for IV antibiotics.
NEED the coughing to stop so we can get on with Christmas festivities!
For now, we are dealing with sick Ayden Jane. It's her alter ego and we don't like it. Last week, the week of school before Christmas break, she had a bit of watery eyes and complaints of sore throat. We did not think much of it. Then on Sunday afternoon she was suddenly out of breath. By early Monday morning she was raging fever and obviously sick.
We took her to the pediatrician and he decided that although he did not hear anything, he was not to be fooled again by Ayden Jane so he put her on a pretty strong antibiotic. She did not seem to get better and we took her to the ER Wednesday night because something needed to be done. Breathing treatment, steriods on board and labs drawn. We came home.
Friday morning we got a call from the ER that her blood culture came back positive (but without the specificity yet). They wanted us to go to her primary care pediatrician. He was not in the office today but our favorite ER doctor was so we headed back to the ER.
He started from scratch and found a positive flu test.... He also re ran the blood cultures. He is thinking it's possible the first run was positive by a contaminate (like from AJ's skin) So, she is currently on cefdinir, tamilful, steriod, albuterol and ibuprofen. Had the fever Monday and Tuesday and has coughed, and coughed, and coughed since. Miserable, pitiful and MEAN.
Plan is: if blood culture negative, finish current meds and all should clear up. If culture positive for strep strain, then we will extend the cefdinir for a few more days than the 10 prescribed. If culture is positive for staph, we will have to return to the hospital for IV antibiotics.
NEED the coughing to stop so we can get on with Christmas festivities!
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