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Hi guys
mum here...been a very busy 24 hours. Eli woke thu morning with a pretty big temperature after an ordinary night. We got to the emergency department around 8.30am and found that eli had a very high pulse rate (200b/m) and a very very low blood pressure (plus a temp of 39.9 at its highest)...NOICE!
Anyways...they took lots of blood to try and grow cooties from it...and within a couple of hours, one of his bloods had grown a bug which is known to be a bit nasty and cause grief...we were moved to resus just in case, but eli was pretty crook. They gave him heaps of fluids to bring his blood pressure up, but on the flip side, he wasnt getting rid of the fluids...YIKES! so by 2.30pm, we still had low bp, high temp and lots of fluid accumulating in his little body...SOOO, the Dr's came around (cause eli also developed a really nasty rash)...at that stage we didnt know his blood was growing bugs, and the thought was graft vs host disease...
anyhooo...we got the news that it was a bug, and while they started some antibiotics as soon as we got in there, they weren't cutting it, so they tried some other stuff in the arvo which resulted in a decrease in temp for him. they also started some other medication to try and get his bp under control and the decision was made to move him to ICU (thought i would be clever with the title!)...just so they could observe him for the night and give him the best care with one on one nursing (the nurse overnight was a crack up...VERY VERY ASSERTIVE!)
He managed to stabilise overnight, and we were moved to the cancer centre in the wee hours of this morning after a very very very long night. Eli is picking up a bit...he is watching the wiggles and justine clark with just little grizzles and is managing to stay awake for a tiny bit longer each time he wakes...we are not getting past 20minutes sleep before he is waking at the moment...but the main thing is that he continues to do well at this stage..
the next steps are to grow the bugs out a bit more and start attacking them in the lab with medicine to see which stuff will work on it...once they find one that works, they will give it to eli to help make him feel better.
No one really knows how and when it happened, all that we know is that we are very lucky to have picked it up early. I was told by the nurse in charge this morning, had we been at home, it is unsure as to whether Eli would have made it through..not nice seeing your baby so sick. Honestly, i looked to the sky and said 'thanks ninny!'...just hope she can pull a few more strings to get him feeling better a bit sooner...
anyhoo...the main thing is that we are all ok for now...and we will do our best to keep you posted.
luv and hugs
mum - on behalf of eli
xox