Kids have all been sick since Friday. Instead of getting better, they have been getting worse. Ethan is doing pretty well though. Michael had a fever of 103 and his coughing has been uncontrollable. Grandma gave him her nebulizer to use and that has really helped. He went to the doctor yesterday because he is just still too sick. Well he has a double ear infection, and got new meds for asthma a new nebulizer with meds, antibiotics anda referral to an allergy specialist.Keira has had a fever since Monday but yesterday it was up to 100.3 for a long time. So right before closing (doh) i asked her doctor if she should be checked out. She said yes, take her to urgent care because she had had a fever for 2 days and that was not good for a 6 week old. By the time Josh got home and I was on my way at 630 her fever was 101.2. I get to urgent care in Roseville and they said they could not see her because they did not have a doc on call and so could not take children under 6 mos of age. WTF?! That's great. They said if she has a 101 fever I need to take her to the emergency room.
So off I go to Sutter Roseville. I check in and wait for an hour to be seen. When the doc finally comes to see her (a great doc by the way) he lets me know how seriously they take a fever like this in a 6 week old and let me know what she is in for...blood, urine, x-ray and a possible lumbar puncture. OMG. I tell him how everyone at home is sick and I'm sure it's just a virus thing but I was advised to bring her in. He agrees but insists it is nothing to mess with. So long story short, she gets a chest x-ray, a catheter to collect urine, blood drawn, and he decided against spinal even though it is policy for infants 90 days and under. But since her blood panel was good, I am breast feeding, and if I would let him give her an intramuscular injection of antibiotics he said for now, they would not do the LP.
Wow baby went through so much! She cried some, but was quite a trooper for all that crap. Well she cried her little lungs out, with this sad little cry being so congested, when she got the antibiotics. We were there from 7pm to 12:30 this morning, got home at 1am. Part of me was like this is so ridiculous for a cold. But the other part was like ya but what if she got a nasty infection and I didn't bring her in, uhg.
