Ugh! I have spent most of the past winter fighting one virus after another with Little Sir. The last one went on and on and on...and the doctors? Don't get me started.
The on-call ped. ""No point in bringing him in. It sounds viral, so just give him Motrin/Tylenol..."
ER dr. "After 4 days of 104, should be on antibiotic...prob. strep...we'll do a culture...also bloodwork for cocsachi, mono, etc., follow up on tonsillitis."
ENT: "Def. not tonsillitis. Yes, they're really enlarged with white spots, but that's just 'debris'"("debris?!??") "Culture's pos. for strep...here's a diff. antibiotic."
Ped: After 7 days 104 fever "Yay! It's not strep!" (but the ENT said it was and we're on another antibiotic.) "Ok, come in."
Ped. After 8 days 104 fever, "Yes, you do need to see someone else..." hook up to Infectious Diseases.
Inf. Dis. "Well...it wasn't strep. Never should've been on antiobiotics..." (after 3 rounds of that)..."prob. mono, but you're past the worst of it now , anyway. After 2 days fever-free can go back to schl. No recess or PE, tho', for a few weeks. Keep following up with Ped for liver/spleen check."
Are we done yet?
On the upside...we've been fever free for over a week now, he's eating again...lost about 7 lbs, ane when you're barely 44 lbs. to start with, and underweight, this isn't a good thing.
It's spring. I declare Health reigns!
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He is in Kindergarten, right? My daughter was so sick that year and missed more school than I thought was possible. She had high fevers of unknown origin (love that def) throughout the entire year. I do remember when she was in preschool, right before Kindergarten, she got mono, had a 103-105 fever for 6 weeks straight. It took them 2 weeks to diagnose it and we bounced back and forth between docs.
Now that she is in second grade, she seems to be getting stronger and healthier each year. It will get better for you. Hang in there. Specialists don't know what they are doing half the time, huh?
Yeah. Kindergarten is wonderful in so many ways...he has the BEST teacher. But, it's a virus incubator in there!
Eat healthy, plenty of iron-rich food, immune strengtheners, lots of water, lots of sleep, and Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands!
I think you know what I am going to say :)
Glad Little Sir is feeling batter, we miss his smile!
Thanks, Keena. We miss you guys, too. I want to be able to homeschool again, if I can only figure out how, with this schedule. He's had some really good experiences in kindergarten, :), but some pretty lousy ones, too. :( Oh...did I say "louse"? Yeah...it's going around the other building t the school.
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