Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Poor baby!

My grandson has been really fussy for the past week. He started running a fever the last couple of days. My daughter took him to the ER Sunday and they sent him home saying he had a cold even though he had no cold symptons. Thank goodness we are not as stupid as that hospital. She took him to his doctor yesterday morning and he was concerned that his white blood count up indicating he had some type of infection. But nobody could figure out what was wrong. He sent us to the Children's hospital, where we sat for seven hours before being seen. He has menningitis. They don't know if is viral or bacterial yet. The hospital is so full, he is being kept in the ER. My daughter is so tired. I am exhausted. They said he will probably home in a few days. But it can take weeks to fully recover. The poor baby was poked around all day. He finally got so tired, he quit fighting and went to sleep. How does a three month old baby get menningitis? The only thing I can think of is that we went to a Christmas party a few weeks ago and there were alot of people. I will be so glad when this is over.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't believe how careless some hospitals are! The poor thing! I hope it's a speedy recovery. Sending prayers and hugs!

Anonymous said...

OH my goodness gracious how could the hospital of missed that. Awe so sorry to hear..keeping the little one in my thoughts and prayers..keep us posted OK

Karen said...

Sounds like the hospitals we have here :( So sorry to hear what yall are going through.I will keep the little one in my thoughts and prayers daily.Will check back for updates.Hugs and blessings

Tammy said...

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. He seems to be feeling better thank goodness. But he is still at the hospital. He finally got his own room last night.

Anonymous said...

Hope the baby is home now? Sending hugs and prayers!