Saturday, September 26, 2009

Thursday and Friday at the Doctors...

Thursday morning (9-24) Carson woke up with no (I mean absolutely no) color in his face, not even his lips, he was chalky white...very scary. The first thing we checked was his O2 levels, they were fine, he was at about 93%. We took his temp. 102 axillary, pretty high. He had also been having diarrhea the last few days. (We did not think much of it as we had been giving him pear juice.) We called his pediatrician, she of course wanted to see him. We spent 2.5 hours there, checking blood and flu. His white blood count was sky high, normal is between 5-7 Carson's was 31!! He has a major infection of some kind in his body. The pediatrician wanted to admit him to the hospital right away. We of course did not want to do this, so we opted for some tests at Children's Mercy. They tested him for N1H1, did a stool test, blood cultures and chest x-ray. The chest x-ray came back negative for pneumonia. We do not have the results from other tests. They gave him a Rocephin shot at the dr, and put him on Tamiflu and Amoxicilin. Carson's white blood count was down to 10 on Friday. Thank the Lord, we did not have to be admitted and he recovered as fast as it came on. Though we are not sure what the infection was. I will post what the other test results were when we get them.

5 comments:

Peterson7 said...

I am so glad he did not have to be admitted and that you got to go on your vacation. Wanda

Becky said...

Glad Carson is on the mend and it was not something too major. Lots of prayers and love going your way. We love and miss you!

Carson, you are the best!!!!

WE BELIEVE...LOVE YOU TONS!!!

Aunt Becky and Uncle Marcos

moranzark said...

SORRY HAVEN'T WROTE SOONER BUT JUST CHECKED SITE, GLAD TO HER THAT THINGS ARE ON THE MEND AND THAT HE JUST GAVE YOU A SCARE OF YOU LIFE. AS ALWAYS YOU ARE CONSTANTLY IN OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK LOVING THAT PRECIOUS CHILD. LOVE YOU LOTS SUE

kelley said...

What a scare that must have been. Our prayers that the tests come back with answers and no relapses. Hang in there guys!

Drea said...

Hope Carson was feeling well enough for you all to enjoy the family trip. Thinking of you! Jay and Drea