One Sick baby

We had our first of two ER visits this weekend with Jenna she has an infection of sorts. They are not sure what it is of course because they just do not know what to do with infants still. So they drew blood, put a catheter in, and gave her shots of antibiotics that aren’t helping. Kayla and Becca had gone next door for a birthday celebration so they just brought their pajamas with in case (we have the best friend/neighbor EVER, and I’m not just saying this because I sent it to her too, she really is awesome and we would be lost without her). Becca of course didn’t want to stay so when we got home at about 12:30am, I had to go get her and bring her home. Kayla stayed. That was the first trip tonight.

Then about 3:45 am Missy had to take her back to the ER because her fever was over 101.5 again. They only gave her more Tylenol and changed the antibiotic. Gee whiz Olly, we could have done that from home. But anyway, she is not doing so well yet. She still has a high fever but is at least sleeping right now and is still eating about 1/3 of her normal intake but the important thing is she IS EATING. I had to stay home this trip of course because of our neurotic daughter Becca not wanting to be without us and Jenna (although annoying at times, Becca absolutely adores Jenna and won’t let her out of her sight…LITERALLY. Jenna has awesome sisters).

So that is where we are for now. No news. No updates other than Jenna is very sick with high fevers, lethargy, and screams of pain that cannot be identified, with the cause being a possible infection somewhere including her ear. They gave her Rocephin (info below), But I am a little concerned at the dosage of 300mg for a 4 month old, which was mixed with Lidocaine because the antibiotic burns. Indications appear to be for lower doses but I could be misinterpreting the data on no sleep.

If there are any updates, I will let you know.


http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/ceftriax_ids.htm
http://www.drugs.com/rocephin.html