Joey's really bad sick...

[sonjajade]

My little Pea...  I took him to the doctor on 1/13 because he'd woken up in the middle of the night the night before screaming that his ears were hurting and running a really high fever.  The doctor put him on Cefdinir because I suspect he's allergic to penicillin (he broke out in a rash like chicken pox that went away after I stopped giving it to him).  A week later, there was no improvement in his ears and he now had a bad brochitis like cough so I took him to the immediate care center (the pediatrician's office was closed because of weather).  His throat also looked very streppy and his tonsils looked like they were touching each other O__O.  They put him on Bactrim, and today I took him tot he pediatrician again because this throat is not improving at all and the cough is just awful and not getting any better.

Dr says his ears are still infected, that she's pretty sure that though the rapid test didn't show it, that he's got strep.  But he doesn't have a fever so we're both scratching our heads.  He doesn't have pneumonia thank heavens, but when I asked her "Well then what does he have?"  She was quiet a moment, then asked what his age was, then thought a moment more...  She thinks he could have mono.  I had mono when I was 4 1/2 and almost died, so now I'm extremely worried about him.  She tells me not to worry, that she will do the long test for the strep and for now we'll let him finish the bactrim and look in his ears again after he's finished with that.  She mentioned tubes in his ears if the infection doesn't go away.  I'm an emotional mess right now.

She gave me an order for bloodwork but I'm not sure where in the hospital I have to take it, I will ask her tomorrow when I call her for the results of the strep test.  cornerofmadness could you translate for me?  It says:

EBV profile, CBC
cmv799(maybe 'qq'), cmv 7gm
re: pharyngitis

Deep breaths.  Everything is curable Sammy says.  I will do a healing ritual at the altar and say some prayers.  Everything will be fine I'm sure but man I hate crying in the meantime.

Comments

[nochick-fics.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so sorry sweetie. I can't even imagine how much you're worried right now. *hugs to you and the little one*

Keep us posted.

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

of course I'll keep yall posted. Apparently mono isn't as serious as it when I had it. That in itself is very comforting.

[nochick-fics.livejournal.com]

Shows what I know. I had no idea kids could get it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry he's this sick.

First off if he is on bactrim, make sure he is drinking as much water as you can get him to drink, a full 8 ounces with the pill if possible. It has a nasty habit of crystalizing out in the kidneys and causing pain.

CM is a test for the cytomegalovirus, EBV is a test for epstein-barr virus CBC is complete blood count and she'll probably add a differential.

What they're looking at is: is this a virus? If so antibiotics won't work and they'll have to go another path (inferon etc) the blood count will let them see what his white blood cell count is and if any is high WHICH one is high, different types of white blood cells will help narrow down the possible infective agent.

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

ahh that would explain the almost orange colored pee he's been having then. I'll get him to drink more (though he's drinking lots as it is). Thank you for that explanation. I'm better now than a few hours ago.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

the orange urine is a sign of dehydration. if that continues tell the doc that too.

[bay115.livejournal.com]

:< *hugs* Hopefully all of this will be sorted out soon.

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

yes- I just want him to feel better asap.

[baroqueangel.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[lunaria-kitty.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hope he feels better soon. :(

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

Thanks, he actually isn't coughing as much today and his nose finally quit running, so maybe the bactrim is starting to work!