We have been so busy with doctor's appointments and illness, I have not kept up with the recent developments of Trevor's condition.
First, Wednesday night at 5pm, Trevor's right hand froze into place.
I guess that should have been an indication of things to come but.....I didn't know it at the time.
At around 8:00 I picked Trevor up from church. He began shaking and hurting all over. He went from 98.7 to 101.1 in 30 minutes. He was miserable. I called our pediatrician but he was not on call so I called Shands. I spoke with Dr. Monica. She had me perform various tasks on Trevor. One thing he kept complaining of was chest pain. She said to give him Tylenol and see if he could make it through the night. She said no matter how he felt that I needed to take him to the pediatrician in the morning.
He made it. He was still not feeling well but no fever. I took him to Dr. Eanett and he did a face x-ray and drew blood. He was going to talk to Shands and then decide what to do. The face x-ray showed infection. We went home to wait for the doctor to call. He finally did and told us that Trevor's white blood cell count was extremely high. His inflammation protein was also very high. They put him on an antibiotic and wanted a chest x-ray and an echocardiogram. They wanted to be sure the pneumonia was completely gone and make sure he did not have inflammation in the lining around his heart. (Yes....I was extremely scared!) The chest x-ray was clear and the echo showed no inflammation. He wanted to see him the next day (Friday) to see how he was feeling. When we went on Friday, Trevor was still feeling bad(maybe a little better) but not great. The doctor told us any other pediatrician would put him in the hospital but he really wanted to save us from that. He decided to do a flu test. He told us to come back on Saturday to have more blood taken.(He wanted to be sure his WBC count was down).
We get the call that he tested positive for the flu. So he wants him to take the antibiotic because of the WBC count but also tamiflu.
Dr. Eanett called us after the blood work on Saturday and said his WBC count was back to normal. He still had no idea how the flu or a sinus infection could cause it to increase that much.
He hurt everywhere...(except his face where you would expect him to hurt!) his neck, shoulder blade area, lower back, knees, hands, fingers, toes, ankles, heels, and sides of feet.
Today is Sunday and he is much better. He still has lots of arthritis pain and is congested but feels better. He did not lay in bed all day!
Dr. Eanett said he might have to stay home on Monday but he is ready to go back. He said if he went, he would probably need a nap when he got home.
He coughs a lot still.
I am scared there is so much more to come. What will happen when he goes off the antibiotic again? He was on 3 days off the last 10 day supply. He is on it for 14 days this time. He finishes the tamiflu on Tuesday. Can I keep him in a bubble?
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