Wednesday, May 28, 2008

We're still here...barely

Lach has had a high fever for almost 8 days now...it sort of went away on Saturday and Sunday then was back with a vengence on Monday morning. I took him to the doc yesterday. His symptoms are 102-103.5 temp, red eyes, swollen lymph nodes and "dry" cold. Yesterday they sent us for blood tests and a chest x-ray. Lachlan was so brave through it all-they also did a few more tests in the office. He has an elevated white count (non-specific) and everything is pointing toward a bad infection. However, they are worried about Kawasaki disease, and he has some of the symptoms of that. Tonight I took his temp and it is still high 102.5 so I think we are off to the clinic again tomorrow. From what the doctor said if the labs are inconclusive they will call Children's Hospital to see if we need to head down for further testing for Kawasaki's. They cannot treat it here-only at Children's. The worry with this particular disease is if left untreated it can cause coronary anerysms in the heart. There is no real test for it-basically just ruling everything else out. I am just exhausted with worry. I want him to wake tomorrow with no temp, being his bouncy, easy going self. Send a thought our way...

2 comments:

Jodelle said...

That is really scary. I am thinking of you and hope all goes with that adorable boy of yours. Love, Jodelle

Randy and Amy said...

Scary stuff. Our girls had the same symptoms for several days but are back to normal now. Hopefully it's just a regular bug that he got an extra dose of. Good luck with the tests and yes, we will be thinking about you.