lastnight...

[mommyof2gurlies]

So ladies...as if it couldnt get any worse...
I put Brookie to bed at 8pm....I went to sleep around 9pm...then at about 10:20 i heard her going "mama" "mama" mama" over and over. (its freaking weird, she wasnt crying....just "calling me") I picked her up and had a bottle ready because i thought for some reason she woke up because she was hungry...
I picked her up and she was shaking and gasping for a breath. I was freaking out showing my husband screaming "shes not breathing"
So we contemplated calling an ambulance...but i figured i could get to the hospital faster. (Our car's water pump broke, so we're carless...my hubby had to go borrow our friends car next door)
I drove live a mad woman to the hospital...and carried her up to the after hours door. I was CRYING and she was purple and had foamy white stuff at her mouth. The doctors all rushed her in...when she got in she didnt look good at all.
They diagnosed her as having a febrile seizure. Her fever got EXTREMELY high. After 2 hours of alternating meds to try to lower her fever there they still couldnt. They gave her a shot of some heavy duty antibiotic....
They said her UTI...turned into a kidney infection and the infection got into her blood stream and was "poisoning her"....
They had to catheterize her (it took them 20 min! she was screaming the whole time i felt so bad)
And they did chest xrays because they said she was stopping breathing when she came in.
Anyways...shes okay now. I have to take her in at 10:30 to get rechecked.
We got home at about 3am...and i was so wound up from being so scared i didnt get to sleep till about 4-5am. I havent slept barely at all. And shes still sleeping.
Anyways...when it rains it pours i guess. It scared the S H I T out of me. I thought my baby was dying. I drove so fast to the hospital (my friend would be pissed if she knew how i was driving her car!!!) I have never seen a baby so out of it and purple and blue and frothing at the mouth....such a scary thing. Especially when its my baby and i didnt know why.

[llamajenn]

Oh my goodness, Tamara. That sounds so scary! I am really sorry! I would have been terrified too. I'm so glad she is okay. Let us know what you find out after her appt today!

[mel5mel]

hugs to you guys, ive delt with them before with the little girl i used to watch. u and brookie take it easy today... youre in our thoughts today

[basy45]

That's really scary. I'm glad you were able to get to the hospital in time, and I'm glad Brooklyn is so smart that she was calling for you. I hope everything turns out well. Keep us posted.

[karime]

That is really scary
I hope you all get some really good rest.

[ahoward]

Tamara,

I am so sorry to hear about your night! I have seen a febrile seizure before and it is very scary. I can't imagine how you must have felt seeing her that way. I hope all is better today and I am hoping she'll let you get some rest. I'll be thinking of you guys today. Keep us posted on how everything goes today!

Audrey

[mtmomx3]

Oh my gosh Tamara I am so sorry. How scarey, well I'm glad shes ok. So what are the doctors doing for her? Sorry to here about your car hon.

[mommyof2gurlies]

So i took her to her ped today (i hate his man anyways) and he is a complete moron. He told me to stop giving her motrin and tylenol, and that shes fine. He didnt think she had a seizure....not to worry about anything.
I called the ER back and told them and the told me to not listen to him, they have it documented, they saw it with their own eyes how sick she was. They said if i listen to the advice of him and stop giving her meds to keep her fever down, she'll be back at square one and we will be coming back in with another....
He DID order an ultrasound for her kidneys because he agreed its common for babies to get UTI's but its very uncommon for them to go straight from that to a horrible kidney infection. Something is going on with her...We go in for an ultrasound tomorrow. She once again had to do urine tests today....shes looking good but if im not keeping the meds in her , shes getting warm.
They put her on a diff. antibiotic because the one she was on OBVIOUSLY wasnt working. They gave her that shot of the super strong kind of antibiotic that they use for things that wont go away with the general antibiotics. That is supposed to last 24 hours then im supposed to start her on a 10 day course of strong daily antibiotics.
argh
im at a loss. Everyone seems to be confused. They are both telling me COMPLETELY opposite things to do.
My car is broken until this evening (the mechanic said itd be done by 4) and im worried about my baby.
We'll see what comes of this all in the next few days.
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!!!

[pamcrt]

Tamara,

How awful. I am so sorry you had to go through that. Unfortunately I know all to well about the scary breathing thing... with my job you know. So the infection turned into sepsis? That is ALWAYS a scary thing. Yah, I agree with the ER people, your ped's an idiot. Keep alternating the meds to keep the fever down. I wish I could be there to help you out, but I will keep you in my prayers.

BIG BIG HUGS to you & Brookie,

Pam

[deeter54]

Tamara,
So sorry about Brooklyn.That had to be terrifying.I was not on yesterday due to paperwork and just saw your message.I hope she does ok now

[phxmama]

How scary! I would have been driving like a mad woman too. So, did you know that she had had a UTI or did you find out at the ER? Actually, how do you know if a baby has a UTI or not? Are there certain symptoms to look out for?

Glad that you're little girl is okay though.

[mommyof2gurlies]

I knew she had a UTI, they told me the day before. I had taken her in to the doctor because she was having a discharge out of her "diaper area" ...i never saw it in large amounts anywhere, so i couldnt figure out "where" it was coming from. She'd wake up in the morning and it would be in her diaper, not a lot, but enough to make me go "what the heck is that??" And she had a low grade fever. They had to have me see a different provider who wasn't a pediatrician that day. So they bagged her with those tape on bags to catch baby pee. Then they tested her urine...and it came back with bacteria in it, which showed that she must have a UTI. The next day is when she had the whole ER incident.
They gave her a super strong shot at the ER of antibiotics and then
they have her on a new antibiotic now that i have to give her 4 times a day for a bunch of days...that is MUCCCH stronger than the first one she was on. Obviously it wasnt working.
I go back in tomorrow (saturdays they are open at this clinic i go to) for them to tell me what the culture they sent away a couple days ago , came back as. They also set up an appt. to get an ultrasound on her kidneys for next week.
She seems to be doing better, but shes still been running a low grade temp. off and on.