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April 24, 2007
A Plague Upon Our House
Our kids are sick. They keep getting sick. We are tired. Here's a chronicle of the string of illness in our house over the past month.
March 23rd: Sophie is diagnosed with staph infection in her leg. Starts on amoxicillin.
March 28th : Sophie goes for a check up on her infection. They decide they need to lance, drain and culture the infection on her leg.
March 30th: Sophie gets a new diagnosis of methicilin-resistant staph infection. Starts new antibiotic.
April 1st: Sophie starts having terrible diarrhea from her antibiotic.
April 3rd-ish: Sophie develops a yeast infection from the diarrhea. Take her to the doctor and get a perscription cream for it.
April 5th: Sophie develops a cough that starts keeping her up at night.
April 8th-ish: Josie picks up the cough/cold that Sophie has.
April 12th: After finishing her antibiotics, Sophie becomes constipated. During a bowel movement she tears her bottom and bleeds. We head to the doctor where she perscribes a stool softener.
April 15th: Josie has a fever induced seizure (fibral seizure). We head to the ER where we spend four hours. She is diagnosed with an ear infection and starts antibiotics.
April 17th: Josie returns to the doctor for a follow up exam where they determine both ears are infected and she has RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). The doctor perscribes Albuterol and we purchase a nebulizer. Josie needs breathing treatments every four hours for 45 minutes each treatment.
April 20th: Josie goes in for a follow up appointment. The doctor says her ears look better but her breathing is still not 100%. Advises us that Josie may have asthma.
April 21st: Sophie goes to the walk in clinic with a 103 degree fever. After extensive exam and xrays, it is decided that she most likely has a virus. Doctor checks a small pimple on her tailbone that has been bothering us and says it is nothing.
April 22nd: Josie wakes up with the stomach flu. Diarrhea and vomit all over her crib. She is limp and feverish.
April 23rd: Sophie develops what we think is another yeast infection. Also, when wiping the "pimple" on her tailbone it releases lots of green pus. We call the on call doctor and she informs us to go to the office first thing in the morning.
April 24th: Sophie is diagnosed with a pilonidal cyst that has abscessed. She is also diagnosed with another round of staph infection. The doctor perscribes antibiotics and refers us to a surgeon for the cyst. We visit the surgeon who schedules a time for surgery on Thursday but hopes we don't actually have to do the surgery due to the fact that the abscess is healing. Later that evening, Sophie develops the stomach flu and pukes like Regan from the Exorcist.
Posted by Brandie at April 24, 2007 8:23 PM
Comments
OMG - What a nightmare! I am so sorry that the girls have been so sick! I think C&F season is almost over? Or maybe not in NY! I can't even imagine - sounds like you guys have been living in the doctor's office all month!
Everyone feel better soon!
Posted by: Julie Everson at April 25, 2007 3:13 PM
Storm before the calm?
I'm hoping.
Hang in there.
Posted by: Mark! at April 25, 2007 5:05 PM
Is there an update? I hope Sophie is doing better!
Posted by: Chris at April 26, 2007 10:42 PM