Last night we got to go to the Energy Solutions arena and see the Chuck Wicks (Stealin' Cinderella), Rodney Atkins (Watchin' You, If You're Goin' Through Hell), & Brad Paisly concert. We had a ton of fun. We didn't even get home until 1:00 this morning. We went with some of our friends which made it a nice night out for us. The kids stayed with Trav's mom and dad and I picked them up this morning so it was a bit quieter at home this morning for a change!
Nash is doing SO much better. He was improving within 24 hours after getting his first dose of Zythromax. Now you'd never know how sick he was! We are just glad to have our happy little boy back. Thanks for all your help & prayers for him, we really appreciate it.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Good News!!
2:30 pm - Well, we went to the pediatrician's office this morning. The dr. was able to get the blood he needed out of the IV they put in last night. He was going to give him a bag of fluid while we waited for the test results but after drawing the blood was unable to save the IV. So, he sent us home to wait. Nash had thrown up while we were waiting to see the dr. so when we got him home we gave him more nausea medicine. The dr. finally called back and said that his bacteria count is down to 1.2 (which is MUCH better than the 9.3 when he was first admitted and even better than the 3.9 when he was released). The dr. said that all the things that were elevated and shouldn't have been are still going down and getting closer to normal. So, what do we do now? Stay at home and wait for him to get better! The dr. said to call if he doesn't start getting better, otherwise all we can do now is wait. Fun! At least it's finally good news!
5:30 pm - The doctor's office just called me back. This morning when they took blood to do Nash's lab work, I had asked about the possibility of Rhumatic fever. The pediatrician said he'd run a test that would check to see if Nash had had any recent strep infections (you have to have strep before you can have Rhumatic fever). We were told it would take 2-3 days to get those test results back. Well, apparently the results are back already. It appears that Nash has been exposed to strep. Which means that he may have possibly had Rhumatic fever. There are several symptoms that go with Rhumatic fever that Nash hasn't had and there isn't an exact test for Rhumatic fever, so it's hard to say that's what it was for sure. The nurse said they'd call in antibiotics for him, so we'll go from there!
5:30 pm - The doctor's office just called me back. This morning when they took blood to do Nash's lab work, I had asked about the possibility of Rhumatic fever. The pediatrician said he'd run a test that would check to see if Nash had had any recent strep infections (you have to have strep before you can have Rhumatic fever). We were told it would take 2-3 days to get those test results back. Well, apparently the results are back already. It appears that Nash has been exposed to strep. Which means that he may have possibly had Rhumatic fever. There are several symptoms that go with Rhumatic fever that Nash hasn't had and there isn't an exact test for Rhumatic fever, so it's hard to say that's what it was for sure. The nurse said they'd call in antibiotics for him, so we'll go from there!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday drive to the ER
Well, I was hoping we were doing better...Nash only threw up once yesterday. Unfortunately, he threw up nearly a dozen times today. He couldn't keep down water, Motrin, Tylenol, 7-up...
At 6:30 we went to the emergency room. They gave him some nausea medicine they give cancer patients. It's called Zofron. Not too much later, he was still throwing up. So, we had to redo his IV. The poor nurse tried to put it in his foot with no success (she even used lidocaine to numb it so he wasn't wiggling so much). She said he was just so dehyrdated that his veins were pretty flat and so they were hard to get to. So, we had to put his IV back into his left hand where he had it all week last week. Luckily she got it on the first try (probably helped that she used a smaller needle). At this point he was telling the nurse that he hated her. Poor guy!
After getting his IV in, they put more Zofron into his IV. They let him watch a SpongeBob movie while his IV was going. Thank heavens for SpongeBob! After nearly all of his IV had gone in, he was a bit perkier and sucking on a popcicle.
They sent us home with a couple extra Zofron (just in case) and left his IV in. Hopefully this will save us a sticking tomorrow when we go to see the pediatrician - and heaven forbid, if we need to hydrate him again we won't have to start yet another IV. The nurse tonight did say that they should be able to draw blood from his IV tomorrow so we'll cross our fingers and hope it's an uneventful night!
At 6:30 we went to the emergency room. They gave him some nausea medicine they give cancer patients. It's called Zofron. Not too much later, he was still throwing up. So, we had to redo his IV. The poor nurse tried to put it in his foot with no success (she even used lidocaine to numb it so he wasn't wiggling so much). She said he was just so dehyrdated that his veins were pretty flat and so they were hard to get to. So, we had to put his IV back into his left hand where he had it all week last week. Luckily she got it on the first try (probably helped that she used a smaller needle). At this point he was telling the nurse that he hated her. Poor guy!
After getting his IV in, they put more Zofron into his IV. They let him watch a SpongeBob movie while his IV was going. Thank heavens for SpongeBob! After nearly all of his IV had gone in, he was a bit perkier and sucking on a popcicle.
They sent us home with a couple extra Zofron (just in case) and left his IV in. Hopefully this will save us a sticking tomorrow when we go to see the pediatrician - and heaven forbid, if we need to hydrate him again we won't have to start yet another IV. The nurse tonight did say that they should be able to draw blood from his IV tomorrow so we'll cross our fingers and hope it's an uneventful night!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
More on Nash
Saturday Jan. 19th: Well, he slept through the night so that was nice. I think he was thrilled not to get woke up at 5 am in order to be poked four or five times. He was acting like he still wasn't feeling too great this morning though. He was thrilled to see his sister. I decided I'd take Samantha to town and we'd have a girl day. Just as I was ready to walk out the door (about noon), Nash threw up all over everywhere. He hasn't thrown up all week! I HATE new symptoms!! I immediately called the Budge Clinic and asked to speak to the dr. on call. They told me he was booked with patients until 2 pm and that he'd return messages then. So, I left a VERY detailed message and waited for him to call me back. Well, about 2:30 I got a call back from the dr. on call. He basically told me that if Nash seemed to be the same then to keep doing what I'm doing and keep his appointment on Monday (Duh, like I'd cancel at this point!). Then he said that if his temperature goes back up or if he starts getting dehydrated again because he can't keep anything down or if I just think he's getting worse, to take him to the InstaCare or the Emergency room. I told him I knew that InstaCare wouldn't do anything for him so I was not going to take him there for sure (he pretty much agreed with that one).
So, here we are at 9 at night and he's still fairly miserable but hasn't thrown up again and he has eaten some since noon. Unfortunately, he's still complaining about his back and leg pain and having difficulty walking. My grandpa asked if we had had him checked for Rhumatic Fever. I asked the dr. that and he said that technically, you have to have strep first and that no strep test had been run. I'll be asking his pediatrician about that one on Monday! I took him down to see my grandpa Maughan tonight though and asked him to give him another blessing (he and my cousin's husband did that for me once on Wednesday morning already). I'm hoping we'll see a turn around by tomorrow!
Thanks for your prayers!
So, here we are at 9 at night and he's still fairly miserable but hasn't thrown up again and he has eaten some since noon. Unfortunately, he's still complaining about his back and leg pain and having difficulty walking. My grandpa asked if we had had him checked for Rhumatic Fever. I asked the dr. that and he said that technically, you have to have strep first and that no strep test had been run. I'll be asking his pediatrician about that one on Monday! I took him down to see my grandpa Maughan tonight though and asked him to give him another blessing (he and my cousin's husband did that for me once on Wednesday morning already). I'm hoping we'll see a turn around by tomorrow!
Thanks for your prayers!
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