Today brought good news and left some significant uncertainties. Little lady E is behaviourally back to herself after a reasonable night of sleep hooked up to a saline drip. Her intravenous fluids were removed this morning and she has eaten pretty well. Most importantly she is playing and doing what most 2 year olds do a lot - saying 'no' and 'mine' a lot (ah the joys). :-)
Her temperature is back from the initial peak of 39.1 to a nice 37.5 and appeared stablilised but started to climb back to 38.1 in the early evening so her body is clearly fighting something. Her white blood cell counts are huge, also indicating an infection and the non-blanching red spots also indicate infection. We won't know definitively whether she has bacterial meningitis or not until tomorrow early evening when the 48 hr culture test results will come back. In the meantime she is being treated as is if it is meningitis.
My mum, the marvellous lady that she is, has arrived from Scotland and is helping out heaps. Kirstin has another night in hospital (what a mum she is) and we (my mum and I) will relieve her at 6 or 7am. Keep your fingers crossed.
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11 comments:
That's great news Brian. Fingers crossed she carries on improving. Muriel wonders if it could be swine flu. Could it be that you had swine flu recently? Just a thought.
Hi Brian, I hope she continues to recover. Thinking of you all. Caroline
Eilidh, my wife and myself have all had the same persistent chesty cold for the past few weeks. E has fought it off and had a few illness free days until this happened.
Don't think it is swine flu, and none of the hospital staff have even mentioned it.
Swine flu doesn't always present classically. Muriel was involved with the lady who had to go to Sweden. Nobody thought she had swine flu at first, especially the microbiologists!
It would be worth asking if they've tested for it. It can produce a rash.
Will do, cheers Tim.
And thanks to all who have posted / emailed well wishes. Very much appreciated in this slightly scary time.
Brian, if she's anything like her Dad then she's a tough nut! All the best to her and you all. John Millen
Brian, our thoughts are with you my friend. Gorgeous wee Eilidh is an angel of a child with the most beautiful nature. I hate think of her being so sick.
You and Kirsten must be beside yourself with worry.
Takecare, L
Good to read she is feeling better and hope that over the next 48hrs everything will clear up and she'll be home soon.
John
Fingers and toes crossed, mate.
Hopefully she will be even better soon Brian!
Thomas & Silke
What the Doctors didn't know was that Eilidh was 50% Australian.. Glad to see that she is fighting it out Brian, best wishes for a continued improvement .. All the best, Keith
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