Re: Back to the im ok syndrome

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Helen

i did sorry to hear hes sick though

i have noticed if you have diabetes or high blood pressure o this JRA

maybe its everything the problem goes haywire until the infection is under control

my brother in law was fine with his high blood pressure until he got a fever then the bp went sky high my hubbys protime does good until her gets a fever then hes on double doses of coumadin and melissa has the same problem when she gets sick

weird how 1 thing can effect it

Robbin

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Hi Helen,

I am so sorry that things have taken a turn for the worse. Your poor

little guy sounds like he's having a pretty rough time right now and I

just wanted to send some gentle hugs your way ... for both of you.

Your vivid description reminded me of so many of the doctor visits that

we've had in the past. For so long, needed help even just to

climb up onto the exam table. (And what a pleasant surprise it was, the

first time he literally jumped up on his own!) Hopefully it will be just

a few more days, until Nick is starting to feel better.

Take Care,

Georgina

hburger64@... wrote:

> Nick has not had his vioxx for 3 days... im out of samples and his

> rx is late arriving in the mail ( i get 3 months for 1 mth copay) I

> figured it would'nt hurt to see how he does for a few days without

> meds. I would really like to get him off meds if he doesnt really

> need them, and if he did start to complain I could give him some

> naprosyn.

>

> Anyhows he wakes me at 12.30 this morning running a 103 temp, he

> looks just awful and complains his knees both hurt. We spend the

> rest of the night on the sofas trying to sleep and off to our ped we

> go this morning. I had strep last week and I wanted to rule that out

> before calling his rheummy. He was not complaining of a sore throat.

>

> Nick cannot stay awake and is alseep on the table when the doc walks

> in, after a few minutes of trying to wake up Nick he finally stirs.

> His eyes are glassy and have huge black rings under them, his face

> is flushed and his ears are glowing red, hes hunched over on the

> table trying to sit up and the doc asks him how hes doing...

>

> You can all guess his reply.... " Im doing fine " he says and i burst

> out laughing remembering all the posts on the list. The doc starts

> asking him a bunch of questions... does it hurt pee??? to which Nick

> says yes, it hurts standing up!! well duh, if his knees hurt then it

> would hurt standing to pee. But thats not what the doc was getting

> at.

>

> Anyhows, it turns out Nick has strep and his knees are hurting from

> not having his vioxx. its hard to tell if his temp is strep related

> or systemic related. It had gone today, but its now shooting up

> again. I guess we will see how he does in the next few days, once

> the anti-biotics start working on the strep we will see if hes

> actually flaring with a sys temp....

>

> Thought you would all get a chuckle out of the " im fine " comment...

>

> hugs Helen and (6, systemic)