Matt, Rachel, and I went to the pool with our friends Adam, Jill and their son. The weather wasn't overwhelmingly hot and the sun was kind of hidden, so none of the adults really wanted to get in the water. Fortunately, Rachel got this little
floatie for her birthday, so we just had to keep her close to the edge of the water. Jill had to get in with little Adam and she played with Rachel some too. The water was cold, but Rachel seemed to enjoy herself. She was also being a little camera shy in that whenever she would see us trying to take a picture, she would instantly turn her head away or kind of hide behind the turtle's head.
Rachel and I missed church again on Sunday for like the 4
th week in a row it seems. Monday afternoon, she woke from her second nap with a fever and just flat out crying her sick cry. She was also kind of twitching every few minutes and I called the doctor, but they said just to keep giving her
motrin for the fever. I called back about the twitching and they said to take her to the ER. She hadn't done it in an hour, but then it started up and so we took her to the emergency room. The staff at St. Joseph's was wonderful and the doctor said he was leaning a little toward thinking they were seizures related to the fever. She had white spots on her tonsils, fluid in one ear and an infection in the other (still) and a runny nose (still). She was tested for the flu, got a chest x-ray for
pneumonia and that was negative, and got blood taken from her hand to check her white blood cell count, which was a little above the normal range. Since she had been on a good antibiotic for 5 days already, he gave her a shot of a different and stronger one. Between all of the poking, prodding, and rectal temperatures, she was so tired and so were we. We had some family that came and stayed with us. Rachel got cuddled and spoiled, but it was so nice for her to actually want to be close to you. We got home around 2am and fumbled through the next day or shall I say, the adults did. This little girl didn't really want to take much of either naps, but I imagine she went to bed early. We also saw her pediatrician Tuesday morning and she does not think she had seizures, but was just hypersensitive to the fever, which she said was somewhat common. Nevertheless, we are going to see a pediatric neurologist for an EEG on Monday. I think everything will turn out normal and hopefully none of this will happen again. On a good note, her runny nose is much less runny, so maybe we can get back to church and the gym very soon.
Rachel and I missed church again on Sunday for like the 4th week in a row it seems. Monday afternoon, she woke from her second nap with a fever and just flat out crying her sick cry. She was also kind of twitching every few minutes and I called the doctor, but they said just to keep giving her motrin for the fever. I called back about the twitching and they said to take her to the ER. She hadn't done it in an hour, but then it started up and so we took her to the emergency room. The staff at St. Joseph's was wonderful and the doctor said he was leaning a little toward thinking they were seizures related to the fever. She had white spots on her tonsils, fluid in one ear and an infection in the other (still) and a runny nose (still). She was tested for the flu, got a chest x-ray for pneumonia and that was negative, and got blood taken from her hand to check her white blood cell count, which was a little above the normal range. Since she had been on a good antibiotic for 5 days already, he gave her a shot of a different and stronger one. Between all of the poking, prodding, and rectal temperatures, she was so tired and so were we. We had some family that came and stayed with us. Rachel got cuddled and spoiled, but it was so nice for her to actually want to be close to you. We got home around 2am and fumbled through the next day or shall I say, the adults did. This little girl didn't really want to take much of either naps, but I imagine she went to bed early. We also saw her pediatrician Tuesday morning and she does not think she had seizures, but was just hypersensitive to the fever, which she said was somewhat common. Nevertheless, we are going to see a pediatric neurologist for an EEG on Monday. I think everything will turn out normal and hopefully none of this will happen again. On a good note, her runny nose is much less runny, so maybe we can get back to church and the gym very soon.
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