Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 , Sorry to hear that you and Grace had such a rough (and scary) day. We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 ......All I could think was OH MY GOD!!! What an awful experience. I know what it is to worry about fevers but ours have never had them so high. I sure hope the worst is over. You and your family are in my thoughts and pray to god that Grace is all right. Belinda (Indiana) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom! You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with them about 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths, detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from the hospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Wow !! Our Easter's were kinda the same. We spent a good part of the day in the ER too!! My oldest, , got food poisoning from eating a McNuggets Happy Meal. How is Grace doing now? Hope that all is well Tanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Well that's about the crapiest Easter I ever heard of. She's ok now, right??? Did the bunny find her at the hospital? I'm sure that would cheer her up! Give her a big hug from us all!! Kendra " C." wrote: When Grace and I were getting ready to go to my Mom's house for Easter, (Gage was already at his grandma's), Grace started shaking from head to toe and her lips turned a deep blue. She looked like she was freezing all of a sudden. When I saw the shaking wasn't going away, I put her in her crib so I could call me Mom and put my shoes on. I took her to a large hospital an hour away and by then she was sleepy and very feverish. She had a fever of 104.5 under the arm. We were at the hospital until around 8:00 that night. She had chest x-rays and the radiologist and the first doctor told me she had pneumonia. Grace was started on IV antibiotics and cath'ed. They called in a "specialist" (what kind, I don't know) to double check their diagnosis and after some deliberation, he decided she did NOT have pneumonia. Apparently she had a "bad inspiration" and still has some "shadows" from her last bout with pneumonia 2 months ago. But, she does have a kidney infection and an EAR INFECTION!!!!!!!!! I thought we had gotten away from that stupid Otis Media. And a kidney infection! What is with that? I didn't think kids got those! Her shaking may have been a febrile seizure, their not sure since it didn't happen in front of them. SO, that's what Grace did with her Easter! C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 , Hope all is well with Grace....Pretty scary huh? Take care of that little one!! ----Original Message Follows---- From: " C. " <crain@...> Reply-Plagiocephalyegroups " Plagiocephaly " <Plagiocephalyegroups> Subject: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 07:25:50 -0500 When Grace and I were getting ready to go to my Mom's house for Easter, (Gage was already at his grandma's), Grace started shaking from head to toe and her lips turned a deep blue. She looked like she was freezing all of a sudden. When I saw the shaking wasn't going away, I put her in her crib so I could call me Mom and put my shoes on. I took her to a large hospital an hour away and by then she was sleepy and very feverish. She had a fever of 104.5 under the arm. We were at the hospital until around 8:00 that night. She had chest x-rays and the radiologist and the first doctor told me she had pneumonia. Grace was started on IV antibiotics and cath'ed. They called in a " specialist " (what kind, I don't know) to double check their diagnosis and after some deliberation, he decided she did NOT have pneumonia. Apparently she had a " bad inspiration " and still has some " shadows " from her last bout with pneumonia 2 months ago. But, she does have a kidney infection and an EAR INFECTION!!!!!!!!! I thought we had gotten away from that stupid Otis Media. And a kidney infection! What is with that? I didn't think kids got those! Her shaking may have been a febrile seizure, their not sure since it didn't happen in front of them. SO, that's what Grace did with her Easter! C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 ....You poor thing. Don't jinks yourself. Hey, did I spell that right??!! Belinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 In a message dated 4/24/00 8:18:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, crain@... writes: << Grace seems to be doing alright right now. I was told to bring her back in if her fever went over 100, and of course it's at 100.5 AARRGGHH! >> okay, another thing I wanted to mention about fevers - Motin works awesome for those high fevers (102+) and also we also discovered suppositories for fevers, it sounds nasty, but if they are that sick (high fever & can't keep stuff down), they don't mind the point of entry. They weren't effective for breaking the fever, but reducing it & bringing on great peace of mind! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 .... what a scary time! I truly hope that Grace is feeling better today.... as well as you.... Perhaps when she hits the magic age of 1 all of those bugs will stay away from her.. does she have long to go for that to happen? Take it easy. As easy as you can, at least.... -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Grace has a knack for hitting the holidays! First Christmas, now Easter. Can't wait for 4th of July to come around C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: & Kendra Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Well that's about the crapiest Easter I ever heard of. She's ok now, right??? Did the bunny find her at the hospital? I'm sure that would cheer her up! Give her a big hug from us all!! Kendra " C." wrote: When Grace and I were getting ready to go to my Mom's house for Easter, (Gage was already at his grandma's), Grace started shaking from head to toe and her lips turned a deep blue. She looked like she was freezing all of a sudden. When I saw the shaking wasn't going away, I put her in her crib so I could call me Mom and put my shoes on. I took her to a large hospital an hour away and by then she was sleepy and very feverish. She had a fever of 104.5 under the arm. We were at the hospital until around 8:00 that night. She had chest x-rays and the radiologist and the first doctor told me she had pneumonia. Grace was started on IV antibiotics and cath'ed. They called in a "specialist" (what kind, I don't know) to double check their diagnosis and after some deliberation, he decided she did NOT have pneumonia. Apparently she had a "bad inspiration" and still has some "shadows" from her last bout with pneumonia 2 months ago. But, she does have a kidney infection and an EAR INFECTION!!!!!!!!! I thought we had gotten away from that stupid Otis Media. And a kidney infection! What is with that? I didn't think kids got those! Her shaking may have been a febrile seizure, their not sure since it didn't happen in front of them. SO, that's what Grace did with her Easter! C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Hi Kimry! Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby was a serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's going to be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dye into something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - fun THEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort of radioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged. Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to look any of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all about bones, heads, brains, stuff like that! Urology is not my forte :( C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: AAKARA@... Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom! You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with them about 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths, detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from the hospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Hi - If 1 is the magic number, we have 3 more months of chewing our fingernails off! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:20 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... .... what a scary time! I truly hope that Grace is feeling bettertoday.... as well as you....Perhaps when she hits the magic age of 1 all of those bugs will stay awayfrom her.. does she have long to go for that to happen?Take it easy. As easy as you can, at least....-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 : Though Baby urology is not my forte, either, I will have to say that I had some bad bouts with bladder infections in my early twenties, and wound up with one HUMDINGER of a kidney infection.... (they almost put me in the hospital). After it cleared a bit, they did a cyscoscopy (out-patient)(?! I've had a couple of different out patient surgeries, but I do think that is what it was called), injecting die into my urethra, bladder, and kidneys to see if there was damage (there wasn't), and as they found some calcifications in my urethra, gently took them out, and my bladder infections went to NIL.... with all of the antibiotics that Grace has been on in the last few months, including the inhalers and stuff, secondary infections can happen, and I think that your theory about her sleeping on her tummy isn't so far off, considering how much urine these new-fangled diapers hold..... Make sure the new doctors (if there are new ones) know of all the different antibiotics and such that she has been on....while I may just be making a conjecture, it can't hurt to let them know her history. for myself, antibiotics made my bladder infections worse, or didn't help them -- but I had wonderful luck with Bactrim (which is sulfur based, I believe....) Hang in there, and give Grace a big hug from us... -----Original Message----- From: C. [mailto:crain@...] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:02 PM Plagiocephalyegroups Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Hi Kimry! Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby was a serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's going to be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dye into something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - fun THEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort of radioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged. Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to look any of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all about bones, heads, brains, stuff like that! Urology is not my forte :( C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: AAKARA@... Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom! You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with them about 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths, detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from the hospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 : does that mean she was born in July?? When's her birthday? (I'm the 13th!) *smile* -----Original Message----- From: C. [mailto:crain@...] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:14 PM Plagiocephalyegroups Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Hi - If 1 is the magic number, we have 3 more months of chewing our fingernails off! C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:20 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... .... what a scary time! I truly hope that Grace is feeling better today.... as well as you.... Perhaps when she hits the magic age of 1 all of those bugs will stay away from her.. does she have long to go for that to happen? Take it easy. As easy as you can, at least.... -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 July 27th! :^P C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... : does that mean she was born in July??When's her birthday? (I'm the 13th!) *smile*-----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:14 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Hi -If 1 is the magic number, we have 3 more months of chewing our fingernailsoff! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly----- Original Message -----From: KaliPlagiocephalyegroupsSent: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:20 PMSubject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter........ what a scary time! I truly hope that Grace is feeling bettertoday.... as well as you....Perhaps when she hits the magic age of 1 all of those bugs will stay awayfrom her.. does she have long to go for that to happen?Take it easy. As easy as you can, at least....-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 , Thats so sad that your little girl had that awful ,awful experience ! ( I hope your family is feeling better after that scary incident. ~Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Plagiocephaly Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 8:25 AM Subject: Guess where I spent my Easter.... When Grace and I were getting ready to go to my Mom's house for Easter, (Gage was already at his grandma's), Grace started shaking from head to toe and her lips turned a deep blue. She looked like she was freezing all of a sudden. When I saw the shaking wasn't going away, I put her in her crib so I could call me Mom and put my shoes on. I took her to a large hospital an hour away and by then she was sleepy and very feverish. She had a fever of 104.5 under the arm. We were at the hospital until around 8:00 that night. She had chest x-rays and the radiologist and the first doctor told me she had pneumonia. Grace was started on IV antibiotics and cath'ed. They called in a "specialist" (what kind, I don't know) to double check their diagnosis and after some deliberation, he decided she did NOT have pneumonia. Apparently she had a "bad inspiration" and still has some "shadows" from her last bout with pneumonia 2 months ago. But, she does have a kidney infection and an EAR INFECTION!!!!!!!!! I thought we had gotten away from that stupid Otis Media. And a kidney infection! What is with that? I didn't think kids got those! Her shaking may have been a febrile seizure, their not sure since it didn't happen in front of them. SO, that's what Grace did with her Easter! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Ugh, this all sounds sooo painful! Believe me, I tell every nurse, doctor, physician's assistant and even the housekeeping staff, Grace's history I have even laminated a card for my wallet with information on it, because I can't keep up anymore! And I keep a separate calendar on the computer with all her meds, doctor apts, sicknesses, etc. on it. So when they ask, "when was the last time she picked her nose" well, I've got it right there! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:27 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... :Though Baby urology is not my forte, either, I will have to say that I hadsome bad bouts with bladder infections in my early twenties, and wound upwith one HUMDINGER of a kidney infection.... (they almost put me in thehospital). After it cleared a bit, they did a cyscoscopy (out-patient)(?!I've had a couple of different out patient surgeries, but I do think that iswhat it was called), injecting die into my urethra, bladder, and kidneys tosee if there was damage (there wasn't), and as they found somecalcifications in my urethra, gently took them out, and my bladderinfections went to NIL....with all of the antibiotics that Grace has been on in the last few months,including the inhalers and stuff, secondary infections can happen, and Ithink that your theory about her sleeping on her tummy isn't so far off,considering how much urine these new-fangled diapers hold.....Make sure the new doctors (if there are new ones) know of all the differentantibiotics and such that she has been on....while I may just be making aconjecture, it can't hurt to let them know her history.for myself, antibiotics made my bladder infections worse, or didn't helpthem -- but I had wonderful luck with Bactrim (which is sulfur based, Ibelieve....)Hang in there, and give Grace a big hug from us...-----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:02 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Hi Kimry!Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby wasa serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's goingto be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dyeinto something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - funTHEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort ofradioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged.Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to lookany of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all aboutbones, heads, brains, stuff like that!Urology is not my forte :( C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly----- Original Message -----From: AAKARA@...To: PlagiocephalyegroupsSent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AMSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom!You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with themabout 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths,detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from thehospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 You're on top of things, all right! *gentle smile* It's hard because she's so young... it's not as invasive as it sounds (the infections feel worse).... don't know if that offers any solace or not... but my thoughts are with you and your family as you get through this.... -----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:38 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Ugh, this all sounds sooo painful! Believe me, I tell every nurse, doctor, physician's assistant and even the housekeeping staff, Grace's history I have even laminated a card for my wallet with information on it, because I can't keep up anymore! And I keep a separate calendar on the computer with all her meds, doctor apts, sicknesses, etc. on it. So when they ask, "when was the last time she picked her nose" well, I've got it right there! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:27 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... :Though Baby urology is not my forte, either, I will have to say that I hadsome bad bouts with bladder infections in my early twenties, and wound upwith one HUMDINGER of a kidney infection.... (they almost put me in thehospital). After it cleared a bit, they did a cyscoscopy (out-patient)(?!I've had a couple of different out patient surgeries, but I do think that iswhat it was called), injecting die into my urethra, bladder, and kidneys tosee if there was damage (there wasn't), and as they found somecalcifications in my urethra, gently took them out, and my bladderinfections went to NIL....with all of the antibiotics that Grace has been on in the last few months,including the inhalers and stuff, secondary infections can happen, and Ithink that your theory about her sleeping on her tummy isn't so far off,considering how much urine these new-fangled diapers hold.....Make sure the new doctors (if there are new ones) know of all the differentantibiotics and such that she has been on....while I may just be making aconjecture, it can't hurt to let them know her history.for myself, antibiotics made my bladder infections worse, or didn't helpthem -- but I had wonderful luck with Bactrim (which is sulfur based, Ibelieve....)Hang in there, and give Grace a big hug from us...-----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:02 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Hi Kimry!Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby wasa serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's goingto be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dyeinto something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - funTHEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort ofradioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged.Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to lookany of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all aboutbones, heads, brains, stuff like that!Urology is not my forte :( C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly----- Original Message -----From: AAKARA@...To: PlagiocephalyegroupsSent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AMSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom!You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with themabout 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths,detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from thehospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Hi Jill - Thanks for the thoughts. Grace seems to be doing alright right now. I was told to bring her back in if her fever went over 100, and of course it's at 100.5 AARRGGHH! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Shane & Jill Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:36 PM Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... , Thats so sad that your little girl had that awful ,awful experience ! ( I hope your family is feeling better after that scary incident. ~Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Plagiocephaly Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 8:25 AM Subject: Guess where I spent my Easter.... When Grace and I were getting ready to go to my Mom's house for Easter, (Gage was already at his grandma's), Grace started shaking from head to toe and her lips turned a deep blue. She looked like she was freezing all of a sudden. When I saw the shaking wasn't going away, I put her in her crib so I could call me Mom and put my shoes on. I took her to a large hospital an hour away and by then she was sleepy and very feverish. She had a fever of 104.5 under the arm. We were at the hospital until around 8:00 that night. She had chest x-rays and the radiologist and the first doctor told me she had pneumonia. Grace was started on IV antibiotics and cath'ed. They called in a "specialist" (what kind, I don't know) to double check their diagnosis and after some deliberation, he decided she did NOT have pneumonia. Apparently she had a "bad inspiration" and still has some "shadows" from her last bout with pneumonia 2 months ago. But, she does have a kidney infection and an EAR INFECTION!!!!!!!!! I thought we had gotten away from that stupid Otis Media. And a kidney infection! What is with that? I didn't think kids got those! Her shaking may have been a febrile seizure, their not sure since it didn't happen in front of them. SO, that's what Grace did with her Easter! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Thanks Trace, that does help. (BIG smile!) C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:48 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... You're on top of things, all right! *gentle smile* It's hard because she's so young... it's not as invasive as it sounds (the infections feel worse).... don't know if that offers any solace or not... but my thoughts are with you and your family as you get through this.... -----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:38 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Ugh, this all sounds sooo painful! Believe me, I tell every nurse, doctor, physician's assistant and even the housekeeping staff, Grace's history I have even laminated a card for my wallet with information on it, because I can't keep up anymore! And I keep a separate calendar on the computer with all her meds, doctor apts, sicknesses, etc. on it. So when they ask, "when was the last time she picked her nose" well, I've got it right there! C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kali Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:27 PM Subject: RE: Guess where I spent my Easter.... :Though Baby urology is not my forte, either, I will have to say that I hadsome bad bouts with bladder infections in my early twenties, and wound upwith one HUMDINGER of a kidney infection.... (they almost put me in thehospital). After it cleared a bit, they did a cyscoscopy (out-patient)(?!I've had a couple of different out patient surgeries, but I do think that iswhat it was called), injecting die into my urethra, bladder, and kidneys tosee if there was damage (there wasn't), and as they found somecalcifications in my urethra, gently took them out, and my bladderinfections went to NIL....with all of the antibiotics that Grace has been on in the last few months,including the inhalers and stuff, secondary infections can happen, and Ithink that your theory about her sleeping on her tummy isn't so far off,considering how much urine these new-fangled diapers hold.....Make sure the new doctors (if there are new ones) know of all the differentantibiotics and such that she has been on....while I may just be making aconjecture, it can't hurt to let them know her history.for myself, antibiotics made my bladder infections worse, or didn't helpthem -- but I had wonderful luck with Bactrim (which is sulfur based, Ibelieve....)Hang in there, and give Grace a big hug from us...-----Original Message-----From: C. [mailto:crain@...]Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:02 PMPlagiocephalyegroupsSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Hi Kimry!Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby wasa serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's goingto be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dyeinto something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - funTHEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort ofradioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged.Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to lookany of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all aboutbones, heads, brains, stuff like that!Urology is not my forte :( C./subscribe/Plagiocephaly----- Original Message -----From: AAKARA@...To: PlagiocephalyegroupsSent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AMSubject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter....Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom!You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with themabout 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths,detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from thehospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 You're the queen of research, . Don't stress yourself, tho. Dr.'s are there to answer questions. I know that's a little touchy with all of us, but concentrate on your little angel! **BIG HUG!!** Kendra " C." wrote: Hi Kimry! Before all this happened, I didn't realize a kidney infection in a baby was a serious matter. Her cultures will be back tomorrow and then she's going to be set up for an ultrasound and some other kind of test (they inject dye into something(?) and take x-rays while they catheterize her - fun THEN, if those come back unfavorable she has to have some sort of radioactive test (nuclear medicine) to see if her kidneys are damaged. Gawd, I have NO idea what I'm talking about! I haven't had a chance to look any of this stuff up. Most of the resource material I have is all about bones, heads, brains, stuff like that! Urology is not my forte :( C. /subscribe/Plagiocephaly ----- Original Message ----- From: AAKARA@... Plagiocephalyegroups Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Guess where I spent my Easter.... Oh, , you poor thing! Thank goodness Gage was already with your Mom! You asked about kidney infections...Our now 8 year old had a bout with them about 18 months ago. UTIs, can be caused by changes in soaps, bubble baths, detergent, etc. Bubble baths were our culprits. Is she home yet from the hospital? Good luck, poor baby! Kimry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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