Last week, Krew decided to give me a panic attack. It all started with a trip to the doc for a goopy eye (this was Friday). While we were there, the doc pointed out that on top of an eye infection, Krew's left ear was also really infected. He had not pulled on it, no fevers, anything. This kiddo is just too happy, even with a bad ear infection ;) So we started his ammoxicilin that night. By Sunday morning, he was starting to really act sick. He spiked a fever of 103. I called the doc and they said to give the antibiotics some time to work and in the meantime rotate motrin and tylonel every 3 hours to keep the fever down.
Monday afternoon he was worse. He didn't want to eat or drink much and his fever was staying around 102-103 even with treating it. I called the doc again. They said to just make sure he keeps drinking. This was much easier said than done. By Monday night his fever had spiked 104.3 and we could not get it to down. He was getting lethargic and could not even hold up his big bean. By the time Spence got home from work, we decided he probably needed to be seen. He was sooooooo sick. I was a train wreck. Why would his fever not go down with motrin/tylonel?!?
The after hours doc didn't seem too concerned about his fever when we got there. I think he thought that we had not been treating it like we should have. He checked his ears and turns out it was worse plus the right ear was now infected. His throat was also pretty raw, and he had basically no spit in his mouth. He decided to change his antibiotic and asked us to hang out for a few minutes to see if his fever would drop at all. We attempted to give Krew a popsicle to help the fever out a bit. He didn't want it and after 20 minutes the fever was still hovering around 103.9. By now, the doc was starting to get a bit concerned. He gave him a shot in the leg of some high powered antibiotic then had us go over to the hospital to get some blood work done. He started to talk bacterial infection and I could not stop thinking about bacterial meningitis. Ugh. I always think the worst when it comes to sick kids. I hate that I do it but I can't help it ;) I was freaking out to say the least!
After the blood work, we went back over to the doctor's office to wait for the results. They took his temperature while we waited and it was right around 104. The doctor wanted him to get a dose of tylonel on top of the motrin (it had been almost 3 hrs since the motrin) to try and stay on top of the fever. The cute nurse brought it in and we tried to give it to Krew, but by now he was so out of it and just choked and barfed his guts up on everything. Especially on Spencer. He was covered. So by now the doc decided to have us spend a night in the hospital to get some fluids in Krew, and try and get the fever under control.
Once we got over to the hospital Krew started to perk up a little. He was not a fan of the iv and tried to pull it out several times. They also decided to go with the suppositories for the tylonel. He didn't like that either, but at least he couldn't throw it up ;) After the fluids got started he started to feel a little better and went to sleep. This was about 3 am by now. It was a LONG night. The nurse took his vitals often. His blood pressure was really high, along with his pulse, and breaths per minute. He was basically panting. The nurse checked his pulse three different times before she decided it had to be right. I think the first one was 210 bpm, then she finally accepted it at 190. The normal heart rate for a 14 month old is about 110-120 beats per minute. His was racing.
The blood tests came back all over the place. His white blood cells were all off along with other stuff I didn't understand. He had a bad infection, we just don't know where or what from. His ear infection was a secondary thing now. That next morning the doctor told us he wanted us to stay at least one more night, then we would talk the next morning. He had more blood tests that afternoon and another dose of antibiotics. He was only peeing about 30% of what he should be, so he had to stay on the iv fluids too.
By the Wednesday morning when the doctor came in, Krew was feeling much better and his fever was under control. The doc ordered more blood work and another round of antibiotics. The doctor came back to check him out one last time around 1 pm. He decided we could head home. His blood work was still not quite right, but trending in the right direction. He sent us home with a check up appointment on Friday, a powerful antibiotic for 7 days, and some things to watch for in Krew.
It has been one week since the madness, and Krew is much better. He is still not 100%, but getting close! He is much happier and is starting to eat like normal. Sick kids freak me out and I am so glad he is back to his old sweet self again! He did develop a little attitude after his hospital stay though. He does not like to be messed with and now he will let you know it. He was so sick of the nurses and doctors by the time we left there that he would start to wimper and whine whenever he saw anyone in scrubs. His check up on Friday went well and his ears are finally starting to show some improvements. We have a blood work follow-up today and hopefully all of that will be back to normal too. This little guy sure knows how to give us a scare!
This was taken on my phone right before we were admitted into the hospital. He was miserable :(
Night #2. Sleeping in his hospital cage. He was not a fan of this bed.
He wanted to rip this IV out of his hand, so we tried to keep it covered so he would not think about it. Didn't really work.
Day #2, still feeling yucky but much better than the first night!
The last day. He was soooo much better by now. He wanted to get down and tear things up and he hated being attached to the IV post. (I know I look just beautiful, but that is what 2 nights in a hospital does to ya ;))
Finally a good scrub down...he was loving the bath but didn't dig the plastic bag covering his IV.
By now he was getting pretty pooped, but still a happy little man.
Those baths really take it out of you ;)
Sweet drooly boy once again!
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