Strep

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My kids seem to always present with what I call " hot potato voice " -you know that

voice you get when you take a bite of a really hot baked potato and then try to

talk?!

I have had one of those weeks-Maddie my pid-spiked a 102 fever on Sunday-that

was while we were already on 2000 mg of Augmentin a day-so off to the ER-no

pneumonia-so on Monday all the docs consulted and decided her antibiotic needed

changed-you think? One day of omnicef and she was already 75% better!

Then on Wednesday--my non pid healthy as a horse long distance runner-came

home from track-laid down on the floor saying she did not feel good. Took her

temp-about 100-but she still had on a full layer of under-armour, tshirt and

sweats. I told her to get her jammies on take some naproxen and go to bed. She

woke me at 5 am saying something was not right-took her temp again-it was 105!

I freaked out-went to eh ped first thing-viral-strep culture was negative. They

sent us home to try and rest and hydrate-she woke up two hours later not able to

move her neck and screaming about the light hurting her eyes-so off to the er

for more tests-and yes the dreaded spinal tap-which Thank God was negative-but I

was stuck with this terribly ill child-her bp dropped to 58/16 while we were

there-and her fever was still 104-and pain so bad morphine did not even help.

They sent us home-all hydrated and hoping she could rest-she even told the doc

she thought she was dying.

So here we are on Sat-still running a fever-bloody mucous and another call to

the doc-go in and sinus infection now on top of influenza. So we shipped her

back to Grandma's=so I can clean her room and keep her away from Maddie. She is

miserable-and think she will never be well again-she is upset-she was supposed

to run the Indy 500 Mini-Marathon next weekend-which she has been training for

since September of last year!

Well-thanks for letting me vent!

Becky in IN-mom to Maddie, age 19-IgA def, low IgG, gerd, asthma, constipation,

mild cp....and the wonder athlete-that is so sick-and making her pid

sister laugh at how much of a baby she is about blood tests!