Resting comfortably on Day 2. Having a little sleep after some Advil.
Such a beautiful smiling little boy even when he's not feeling well.
So, after a lengthy blogging absence, I never envisioned that I would have the time to update my blog because I was sitting in a paediatric hospital room. Those of you faithful readers, i.e. Auntie Julia!, will know that on September 22, 2010 we welcomed a beautiful son to the world. William Nelson Fox has to this date been a complete joy and a healthy baby. More on his arrival and the girls as I endeavour to get everyone "up to speed" in later posts.On with this story, about 3 weeks ago all 3 children came down with a gastro-intestinal flu. While the girls quickly recovered after about 3 days, William didn't. He continued to have vomiting for 6 days and then had diarrhea for the next 2 weeks. As a result of being severely dehydrated, when he contracted a UTI he quickly went downhill. Just when I thought he was on the road to recovery this past week he took a turn for the worse, becoming very lethargic and feverish on Thursday afternoon. On Friday afternoon we thought we should get him checked out again before the weekend. And after bloodwork, a urine test and a chest x-ray it was determined he had a UTI. Our Dr in McBride contacted the paediatrician here in Prince George and he requested that William be admitted to the paeds unit ASAP as his salt level was so low he was at a high risk of seizure. This is what scared me the most. After having been through a hospital stay with Lennah when she was four months old, I wasn't worried about IVs or chest x-rays, but this was another story. Off home we went to pack a bag and send off Lennah and Charley to our good friend, Liz.
A few minutes after arriving home to pack, Nathan took a call from the doctor who again stated how concerned he was about William's risk of seizure. The Dr decided he would ride with us to Prince just in case William did indeed have a seizure. About 15 minutes later he again called to say that he had changed his mind and had ordered an ambulance for us. The Dr and I would ride in the ambulance and Nathan would follow. So off we went, arriving at the hospital in Prince George to the very capable hands here. The poor little guy was so dehydrated his veins in his hands had all but shut down, making the taking of blood and putting in the IV quite difficult. What was amazing to Nathan and I was how quickly William perked up when he received the fluid and became the William we know and love, if not still a little subdued. He started blowing bubbles, grabbing his feet, the IV and just generally looked 100% better.
Fast forward to Monday and William's off the IV, temperature's down and he's taking oral antibiotics. The Dr has advised us that we should be released tomorrow! Yayyy! Our little man is on the road to a full recovery. There is still some concern that the infection was caused by reflux and William will need further "investigation" in a couple of weeks to determine the cause. But, for the mean time we are happy to know the infection didn't get into his blood or worse yet, his spinal fluid.
Please keep watch for more updates to his condition and I'll let you all know how the last 8 months (eek!) have been since my last blog post.
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