Josh just called and said that Claire gets to come home!
Her temp spiked up again last night, but I guess it's just something that we'll need to keep under control while she's home. This does not bother me at all since I felt like we were just beginning to take up space at the hospital.
Her temps keep spiking, but I am completely able to give her the meds she needs and take her temp at home! And we would all rather be at home than at the hospital.
And, as funny as it is, I'm excited to have her home so that she can watch our digital PBS kids chanel at home. They don't have our local digital channels at the hospital (just the main channels), and I'm not a big fan of the cartoons on Cartoon Network and Nikelodeon (I don't even know if I spelled that right). I never thought I would be thankful for our budget-friendly televison stations!
So, yay for the good news!
6.03.2009
6.02.2009
11:06 p.m.
Well, I'm at home, and Josh is at the hospital. Claire slept most of the late afternoon/early evening and woke up as sweaty as could be. She was drenched....and pleasant (really). :)
I'm guessing that her antibiotic is going to have to start taking over these fever spells pretty quickly. She's been on it for over 24 hours at this point. Hopefully she will have had (or will soon have) her last round with it.
I'm going to be praying for no more fevers and a good report from the doctor in the a.m. Maybe they'll be able to come home by lunch.
I'm guessing that her antibiotic is going to have to start taking over these fever spells pretty quickly. She's been on it for over 24 hours at this point. Hopefully she will have had (or will soon have) her last round with it.
I'm going to be praying for no more fevers and a good report from the doctor in the a.m. Maybe they'll be able to come home by lunch.
7:16 p.m.
Claire's temperature went up again.
Thankfully, she took her medicine extremely well.
We found out that we have to stay another night. I'm a bit bummed about this, but Josh is going to take the day off tomorrow and stay with her. I'm going a little bit stir crazy...and I need a shower. :)
Thankfully, she took her medicine extremely well.
We found out that we have to stay another night. I'm a bit bummed about this, but Josh is going to take the day off tomorrow and stay with her. I'm going a little bit stir crazy...and I need a shower. :)
2:41 p.m.
The fever broke about an hour and a half ago. They unhooked her i.v. since her face was starting to poof up because of all of the fluids she was getting.
She was excited about this until they wanted to take the i.v. out of her arm. The way she was screaming and fighting, I couldn't tell if they were removing the i.v. or her fingernails.
She's pretty perky right now as she's eating her applesauce and drinking a milkshake....being sick isn't ALL bad, you know.
She was excited about this until they wanted to take the i.v. out of her arm. The way she was screaming and fighting, I couldn't tell if they were removing the i.v. or her fingernails.
She's pretty perky right now as she's eating her applesauce and drinking a milkshake....being sick isn't ALL bad, you know.
12:13 p.m.
temperature 104.8
With high temperatures comes the taking of medicine, which is always a treat. :) Claire gets extremely cranky when she has to take the medicine. Like I said before, it's borderline comical.
So, in the midst of the medicine debate, the nurse walks in with the two syringes of medicine that she needs to drink. Each syringe has a small cap on the top. The nurse takes one cap off and hands the syringe to me. She takes the other cap off (without Claire seeing her) and keeps it for herself.
So, Claire (in her cranky, everything-bugs-me attitude) purses her lips, deepens her voice, gets a mean look on her face and says, "Why doesn't she take both caps off at the same time?"
I said, "She did."
"Oh...." she says.
With high temperatures comes the taking of medicine, which is always a treat. :) Claire gets extremely cranky when she has to take the medicine. Like I said before, it's borderline comical.
So, in the midst of the medicine debate, the nurse walks in with the two syringes of medicine that she needs to drink. Each syringe has a small cap on the top. The nurse takes one cap off and hands the syringe to me. She takes the other cap off (without Claire seeing her) and keeps it for herself.
So, Claire (in her cranky, everything-bugs-me attitude) purses her lips, deepens her voice, gets a mean look on her face and says, "Why doesn't she take both caps off at the same time?"
I said, "She did."
"Oh...." she says.
9:04 a.m.
All is going well. The doctor stopped by and gave Claire a pretty good report.
They are going to cut her antibiotics out of her IV and give them to her orally. If she can keep them down and keep her temps down, we can probably go home this afternoon.
They are going to cut her antibiotics out of her IV and give them to her orally. If she can keep them down and keep her temps down, we can probably go home this afternoon.
6.01.2009
claire.
We have a sick little girl.
Saturday night, Claire started running a fever and vomited throughout the night. She was running a fever of as high as 105.5.
We kept an eye on her, but her temps never went below 100.5. She pretty much ate nothing all day Sunday.
This morning (Monday), I called the doctor, and we took her in to be seen. She has a UTI (which she's had before), but she's also dehydrated and she can't keep her temps down.
So, we're in the hospital at least until morning. Blah.
Claire is extremely irritable (especially when her temps are high) and she can be downright insistent and cranky at times.
Honestly, it's almost amusing when she starts getting nasty because she's not typically like that.
The problem is that she doesn't like taking her medicine. We had to hold her down once already tonight. The good news is that she actually swallowed 4 pills (just like an adult) because she didn't want to chew them! She was mad about the whole thing (because she's cranky like that right now), but at least she did it! Yay.
She's also having problems with ketones that were in her urine sample. And she might have bacteria in her blood which would need to be treated with an antibiotic through an IV. We won't know about this until tomorrow or Wednesday.
I'll keep you posted when I know anything.
Saturday night, Claire started running a fever and vomited throughout the night. She was running a fever of as high as 105.5.
We kept an eye on her, but her temps never went below 100.5. She pretty much ate nothing all day Sunday.
This morning (Monday), I called the doctor, and we took her in to be seen. She has a UTI (which she's had before), but she's also dehydrated and she can't keep her temps down.
So, we're in the hospital at least until morning. Blah.
Claire is extremely irritable (especially when her temps are high) and she can be downright insistent and cranky at times.
Honestly, it's almost amusing when she starts getting nasty because she's not typically like that.
The problem is that she doesn't like taking her medicine. We had to hold her down once already tonight. The good news is that she actually swallowed 4 pills (just like an adult) because she didn't want to chew them! She was mad about the whole thing (because she's cranky like that right now), but at least she did it! Yay.
She's also having problems with ketones that were in her urine sample. And she might have bacteria in her blood which would need to be treated with an antibiotic through an IV. We won't know about this until tomorrow or Wednesday.
I'll keep you posted when I know anything.
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