Well, by late this morning the diagnosis of urosepsis was made. Taylor had a kidney infection and blood infection. This is very serious but treatable. If untreated though, sepsis is life threatening. Thank god we came when we did. I can't even imagine where things could have gone if we hadn't been to the pediatrician's office yesterday and get sent to Emerg.
The bacteria growing in her urine and blood is e-coli and it is sensitive to both of the IV antibiotics that they started last night, so the treatment is appropriate. Duration of IV treatment is 10-14 days, and they want to go with 14 under Taylor's circumstances to be safe.
Taylor looked her worst today...sunken eyes, very lethargic and sleepy, unhappy. By this afternoon the doctors came back in to see us and asked us question after question about how Taylor has been in comparison to how she was presenting today. After we answered everything they said that they are actually quite worried about her and they think she has meningitis. I think our hearts dropped to the floor the second we heard it.
The next step was a lumbar puncture (spinal tap), needle in her spine to draw out cerebrospinal fluid. This was not pleasant. A nurse had to get up on Taylor's bed and hold her down so that she couldn't move. Half an hour later it was done, and then the wait. The longest two hours ever. But the wait was worth it because we were in the clear. Taylor does not have meningitis. Someone is definitely looking out for my little girl.
To say it was a rough day is an understatement!
The bacteria growing in her urine and blood is e-coli and it is sensitive to both of the IV antibiotics that they started last night, so the treatment is appropriate. Duration of IV treatment is 10-14 days, and they want to go with 14 under Taylor's circumstances to be safe.
Taylor looked her worst today...sunken eyes, very lethargic and sleepy, unhappy. By this afternoon the doctors came back in to see us and asked us question after question about how Taylor has been in comparison to how she was presenting today. After we answered everything they said that they are actually quite worried about her and they think she has meningitis. I think our hearts dropped to the floor the second we heard it.
The next step was a lumbar puncture (spinal tap), needle in her spine to draw out cerebrospinal fluid. This was not pleasant. A nurse had to get up on Taylor's bed and hold her down so that she couldn't move. Half an hour later it was done, and then the wait. The longest two hours ever. But the wait was worth it because we were in the clear. Taylor does not have meningitis. Someone is definitely looking out for my little girl.
To say it was a rough day is an understatement!
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