I've not been around here for a while because Camden has been sick and I have been busy trying to play catch up at work.
We went STL for Grandpa's services, the funeral was on New Year's Eve so naturally no one was in the mood for much celebrating. We took Rock Band over to Tim & Sally's and had a little fun. On New Year's Day Camden woke up running a fever. It kept on and kept on. Friday-fever. Saturday-fever. I decided to take him to the C.O.P.S. clinic that my doctor's office runs on weekends to get him checked out. They decided it was just a viral thing. We went home and Camden was okay. The fevers continued. On Sunday, Carmon stayed home with us and I tried to get caught up on housework. Camden got abnormally fussy and was still running fever. I decided that I wasn't happy with the answer we got on Saturday, so back to the hospital we went.
The next two hours were horrible. My poor baby was put through so many tests and poked and prodded. He cried. I cried. It was AWFUL to say the least. The dr. Saturday said if he wasn't better by Monday they would do a chest x-ray and blood work. I told the ER that so they went ahead and proceeded with those tests. Taking blood from a 6 month old is not exactly the easiest thing. Luckily, they found a good vein. They left the IV they used to get the blood in, in case they needed it for anything else. This meant that his arm had to be immobilized by being taped to a board. As if that wasn't enough he then had to go to x-ray. If you haven't ever seen how they x-ray a baby you need to. Camden had to sit on a little table type contraption with a hole cut out in the middle and a little seat sticking through the hole. Then they took a hard plastic tube and put around him with his arms sticking straight up in the air. Carmon and I had to leave the room while they did the x-ray and you could hear him screaming. I was a mess. I felt so bad. I started crying. Its truly the hardest thing in the world when your baby hurts and you don't know what to do to fix it.
All of the test came back normal (Thank God), but it still left us hanging. On part of the CBC was elevated though, so they did think he has some kind of viral infection. While the ER dr. was checking his ears she couldn't see in his right one very well. She talked to the dr. that saw him on Sat. and she informed her that she never got a good look in there because of all the wax built up. WONDERFUL. My baby was back at the hospital for something that more than likely could have been fixed the day before. Needless to say I wasn't very happy (and neither is my checkbook). Why didn't they irrigate his ear on Saturday? She put some stuff in his ear to loosen up the wax and then 10 minutes later came back and irrigated it. Chunks of was started coming out. I felt so bad. I should mention that he has his father's wax infested ears....disgusting. After she got to see in there she said it was irritated and thought it was the start of an ear infection. We left with a script for amoxicillin and some ear drops to keep him from getting swimmers ear from the water she had to squirt in.
Monday the fevers were gone. But by Tuesday night he decided he wanted to stop peeing like normal. He held his pee for over 12 hours on Tuesday night. I called the dr. on Wednesday and explained to them what was going on *think paranoid mom*. They said just to watch him. He went almost 8 hours Wednesday night without peeing. During the day he was fine. Thursday evening he barely peed at all and didn't be much that night. Friday I decided we should go to the dr.
We went and he assured me there is nothing wrong with his kidneys and he thought it was just because he is getting bigger and could hold it longer. He checked him over and didn't like what he saw in his ear. It was still pussey and draining. If its still draining Monday we have to go back to get a different antibiotic. As I was getting Cam dressed he opened his mouth again and I saw white spots...again. Great. I called the dr. back in and sure enough its thrush.
Needless to say I'm ready for my happy healthy baby back. What a way to start the new year!
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Yes, I have seen the infant x-ray contraption and NO, I didn't like it either. Tyson had RSV and they wanted to check and see if it was in his lungs so he had to get in one of those. He was SCREAMING his head off, snot was coming out of his nose and the tech. person was trying to catch him on in-breaths. The most horrible thing I had to put him through. Worse than letting him cry - it - out at home so he would get to sleep on his own (even though I cried too). I hope little Camden gets to feeling better soon.
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