Hi Kristy

[Guest guest]

Helen,

I've been pretty quiet b/c I've been pretty sick and would not

want to bring everyone else down. But in the mean time I've

been trying to fight a rule that the new HMO I will be using

has.

They consider gynecologists to be referral specialists unless

you are having an annual well-woman exam or are pregnant.

Well, with the complexity of my problems I have to have direct

access to my dr. And if I have an infection that I need her to

treat right away and I have to sit and wait for permission from

a PCP it could cause some serious problems for me.

My mother's employer is going to look in to the situation to see

how they can help me with this.

Thanks for asking about me hun,

=====

Kristy

http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html

Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of

learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own

personal experiences.

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[Guest guest]

How is the family doing ? I will keep you all in my prayers. Take care. your

friend,

Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: Hi ,

Thank you so much for your prayers. He is doing MUCH better, KOW. Maybe even

a little better, in some areas? Amazing eye contact and language today.

The last several days were so awful and scary...he had some major setbacks,

esp. in pottying (but no accidents today for the first time in many days,

Woohoo!).

I'm keeping my faith, but it's definitely challenging ;-) His twin sis threw

up on me tonight ;-(

Kristy

Re: Very sick little boy-

How is your boy doing now. I will pray for him and your family. your

friend,

Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: Hi,

My 4 y.o. son is very sick, and I'm very scared.

It started in mid-August with a cold, runny nose and coughing. It cleared

up, but that week we had a follow-up with his ENT (he's had chronic ear

infections since he was 18 months), and he had fluid in his right ear (the

tube in that ear had very recently fallen out). Since he was scheduled for

surgery on another part of his body, we decided he should get a new set of

ear tubes at the same time. Surgery was on 9/1 and went EXTREMELY well. He

was not sick going into surgery. Both surgeons said swimming was fine, and

it was hot and my twins just learned to swim, so we went to our

neighborhood

pool two days after surgery. We put wax in my son's ears, but it did fall

out during his swim, so we dried his ears and put " the drops " in and left

the pool.

Five days after surgery, his left ear started oozing. The next day the

other

ear started oozing. He was fussy, but still went to school and did his

afternoon sessions. We used Floxin drops in his ears, but nothing else. A

week later, it was getting worse, so the ENT cultured his ears and he had

pseudomonas and the ENT px'd Omnicef (high dose for 5 days) and Ceprodex.

His ears cleared up. One afternoon that week, he had a fever, then vomited

~midnight that night. I kept him home from school the next day, but he

seemed perfectly fine.

Seven days after finishing the Omnicef, he vomited once, then had several

bouts of diarrhea, which was this past Monday. He is still having diarrhea

at least once/day since. He is very lethargic (napping 3 hours each

afternoon, plus asleep from 7-7). Very small appetite. We did see Dr. G

this

week and his bloodwork all came back normal. He is drinking liquids. He

has

not been to school all this week. He is not himself, very quiet, pale,

whimpering at times. No fever at all this week, but he feels hot when I

hold

him. He was already thin, but he looks really thin now. He seems really

vacant, too.

Any ideas??? What might be going on and how I can help him?

Thanks,

Kristy

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you! You are so sweet. Well, dd was sick very, very mildly and for

just a couple of days (Thank GOD!), so I'm very grateful and also realize

that my son's immune system is not well at all right now. I'm being extra

careful with him; we're not swimming, or going places with lots of

kids/people. Just school and outdoor places for the time being, and trying

to make sure he gets lots of sleep and liquids. We're also exploring

treatment for parasites.

My dh also returned this a.m. after 9 days away from home. That's almost a

guarantee that the kids will be well for a while, right? ;-)

Kristy

Re: Very sick little boy-

How is your boy doing now. I will pray for him and your family. your

friend,

Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: Hi,

My 4 y.o. son is very sick, and I'm very scared.

It started in mid-August with a cold, runny nose and coughing. It cleared

up, but that week we had a follow-up with his ENT (he's had chronic ear

infections since he was 18 months), and he had fluid in his right ear (the

tube in that ear had very recently fallen out). Since he was scheduled for

surgery on another part of his body, we decided he should get a new set of

ear tubes at the same time. Surgery was on 9/1 and went EXTREMELY well. He

was not sick going into surgery. Both surgeons said swimming was fine, and

it was hot and my twins just learned to swim, so we went to our

neighborhood

pool two days after surgery. We put wax in my son's ears, but it did fall

out during his swim, so we dried his ears and put " the drops " in and left

the pool.

Five days after surgery, his left ear started oozing. The next day the

other

ear started oozing. He was fussy, but still went to school and did his

afternoon sessions. We used Floxin drops in his ears, but nothing else. A

week later, it was getting worse, so the ENT cultured his ears and he had

pseudomonas and the ENT px'd Omnicef (high dose for 5 days) and Ceprodex.

His ears cleared up. One afternoon that week, he had a fever, then vomited

~midnight that night. I kept him home from school the next day, but he

seemed perfectly fine.

Seven days after finishing the Omnicef, he vomited once, then had several

bouts of diarrhea, which was this past Monday. He is still having diarrhea

at least once/day since. He is very lethargic (napping 3 hours each

afternoon, plus asleep from 7-7). Very small appetite. We did see Dr. G

this

week and his bloodwork all came back normal. He is drinking liquids. He

has

not been to school all this week. He is not himself, very quiet, pale,

whimpering at times. No fever at all this week, but he feels hot when I

hold

him. He was already thin, but he looks really thin now. He seems really

vacant, too.

Any ideas??? What might be going on and how I can help him?

Thanks,

Kristy