Quinn got a fever...
I went home last night cuz i ran out of clean clothes and so I needed to take care of a few things. She did so well over the weekend and feeds were being tolerated much better so we were gearing up to head home today. So, imagine my surprise this morning when I walked into Quinn's hospital room with her face looking all swollen and a PERIPHERAL IV in her ARM and tpn and fluids running into it and then antibiotics hooked up to her PICC line... Wow... so i got the nurse and found out that she has been having fevers all night (nothing greater than 102) and they won't run tpn or fluids in the PICC line because they are suspecting infection. Lovely. So, she's already lost one Peripheral IV and Quinn has been feeling really icky all day today and she's puked passed the fundo and since they cut off her mirilax yesterday (due to watery stools) she hasn't pooped yet since then. So... we won't be going home today, or probably the next few days since it takes 3 days to grow cultures. My guess is though that this is something else that has been brewing (my hope) because she has had a cough for a week now adn they told me not to worry about it.
So anyway, we are still here, but despite her setback, she is tolerating 25ml/hr at half strength. Not sure what kind of effect this infection will have on her motility though but i'm hoping it won't be bad and shut her gut down again because that would just suck because we have already been here for 10 days working on her feeds and that means, mama doesn't get to pay the bills. Radical. My thought though is... at least this happened before they sent us home instead of after.
3 comments:
I'm sorry, fevers and the wait that go along completely stink! I am happy to hear that her rate is increasing. O actually does ok with tolerating feeds(or at least some feeds) once the antbiotics get working when she has a line infection. She does not tolerate anything for the few days leading up to it though so maybe Quinn has been fighting something for a bit and the treatment will help! Good luck!
Ditto to Ang - when Kendall is FIGHTING an infection, feeds (and general ability to handle life) are not quite up to par. Once we give her the help she needs, things typically improve. And that is great that you are making such improvement on the feeds! I hope it continues to go so well, and that the cultures stay negative so you can get home! Praying that the whole work/bill paying nuisance somehow works out! Praying for miss Q and you - hugs!
terra
I'm so sorry about this, Sarah!! So frustrating. But, like you, I'm glad it happened there, in the hospital instead of waiting until you got home. I hope she kicks it fast and you guys get sprung asap.
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