sillyakchick
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Very Sick Baby
Posted: 07-02-07 09:56am
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Hannah is very sick. I have no clue at
this point what the problem is. I took
her to see a doc on Sat and they looked in
her ears and noted that hear eardrums
weren't red, but there was a red ring
around them. She has had this massive
long squishy (like a sponge, it's really
weird) bruise on her head for the last 1
1/2 weeks or so that i thought looked
kinda like a fracture, but I seriously
doubted that it was, because I figured she
would have had symptoms of a head injury,
and I can't remember when she would have
bumped her head like that. Last week she
was fussy, so I thought that maybe she was
getting teeth. Then on sat she was
lethargic, had a fever of 103, and
wouldn't eat or drink anything. I started
her on antibiotics on sat evening and
figured she would be feeling better by
sunday evening. She was absolutely
miserable yesterday and cried whenever she
was awake. She slept for five hours
straught yesterday morning into the
afternoon. last night she cried inthe
night off and on all night long. This
morning her temp was 103 again. I am
taking her in to the youth clinic at noon.
anybody have a child with a head injury
and similar symptoms? My older daughter
had a concussion a few weeks ago, but she
had no real symptoms, esp. fever and all
this other weird stuff. Hope they don't
think I am a bad mom and start thinking
abusive thoughts on me. I don't know
what's going on. I hope they don't have
to admit her.
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Mommy35
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Posted: 07-02-07 10:37am
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I have no thoughts on the head injury? I
would say if the hospital thought she had
one they would have done the appropriate
testing?
Good luck to her and you. I hope she's
feeling better real soon! Poor baby. Its
a drag when they are sick.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-02-07 10:40am
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They mentioned "meningitis" "encephalitis"
and "spinal tap" on the phone. I am
cringeing. 
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Mommy35
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Posted: 07-02-07 10:41am
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I would be cringing too! Lets hope she
makes great improvements!
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Posted: 07-02-07 10:54am
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how scary! please let us know what's going
on whenever you can!
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Posted: 07-02-07 16:11pm
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My thoughts are with you and your
daughter! Post when you can and know that
we are here for you both!
Hugz!
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-03-07 11:39am
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Ready for the shock? She has....an ear
infection, a virus in her throat and.....a
skull fracture : 
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Posted: 07-03-07 12:04pm
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Poor baby!
So you don't have any clue when she would
have hit her head? How scary is that?
You think you are watching them so close
and then something like that happens and
its like "when did they do that?"
At least the ear infection and the virus
are treatable, what did they say about the
fracture?
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Posted: 07-03-07 12:14pm
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The fracture is 4 cm, and nondisplaced, so
there is nothing they will do for it. She
will have a repeat x-ray in 3 months to
ensure that it is healing and not
widening.
I think this happened at her babysitter's
house. a couple of weeks ago she was
going down the stairs backwards just like
Kathy has been teaching her to do. There
is a little set of 3 stairs from her
kitchen to the living room. I guess she
took a tumble and whacked her head pretty
hard on the corner of the wall. That
would be my best guess as to when it
happened. Kathy called me when it
happened and we watched her that day for
any signs of concussion, but there weren't
any. She got a lump on her head, and that
was what prompted me to take her in
because it has been there so long. The
doctor quizzed me about the sitter, but I
truly feel that she is not negligible, and
I vehemently feel that it is not abuse.
Plus, Kathy feels just terrible about it.
I guess things like this can happen
anywhere. I feel so bad for not taking
her in sooner, but the outcome would have
been the same, anyway. Poor baby! No
wonder she has been so fussy.
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Posted: 07-03-07 13:24pm
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I just got a call from her sitter to let
me know she had a pretty good morning, but
still isn't eating anything. She's asleep
for the afternoon again. I hope she can
get some rest. Yesterday was so busy with
CT scans and doctors.
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Posted: 07-05-07 14:43pm
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you and your little one are in my thoughts
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Posted: 07-05-07 15:51pm
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Thanks for that. I thik I need it right
now. She has been so awfully fussy, and
she sleeps five hours at a time throughout
the day. I also noticed she just cut two
more teeth. Does anyone know how long
this will hurt her? The doctor said skull
fractures take a lot longer to heal than
bones do. I just don't want her to be
hurting and me think she's being fussy.
I have a friend who is a neurosurgeon and
he looked at her films today and told me
that she is going to be fine, and he sees
no evidnece of brin injury or annything
like that. He also said the fracture
should heal without any surgery so I am
pretty relieved to hear that too. He gave
her a prescription for Codeine with
Phenergan for pain. Maybe that will help
her feel better and be less fussy.
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Posted: 07-05-07 16:03pm
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I hope she gets better soon. You will both
be in my prayers. Hopefully she begins to
eat better soon. I don't think there's a
way to tell how long it will hurt her
really. It just bepends on how fast she
heals. Then again babies do heal faster
then most so hopefully not much longer.
Her fussiness could not only be due to her
head if she is cutting teeth. I know my
cousins baby was constantly fussy when he
was cutting his. I hope she feels better
soon!!
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Posted: 07-06-07 14:57pm
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is that a fracture on the back of her head
too???
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Posted: 07-06-07 15:36pm
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No, on the back of her head and front of
her head are the indentations from where a
baby's skull sutures together. the
fracture appears on the left side of that,
but that is actully the right side of her
head.
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Posted: 07-06-07 15:40pm
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ohhh thank you i hope that she is doing
much better now.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-07-07 12:06pm
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Today is the first day I have not
medicated her, and she seems to be quite
fine so far, meddling, destroying the
house, tearing things off the shelves. I
am so glad to have my little .Gozer back.
She's really quite industrious. 
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Posted: 07-07-07 17:49pm
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I am so glad to hear she is doing better!
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Yeah
Posted: 07-07-07 17:56pm
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So very happy to hear Miss Hannah is
feeling better. Everyday she will get
better and better. She is added to our
prayer list and I know God will take care
of this little angel and heal her quickly.
Let her sleep when she will. This is lifes
way of allowing bodies repair it-self when
we are asleep. You are a wonderful Mom and
kids are clumsy and get bumps bruises and
fractures......don't ever doubt yourself
cause we will be out here in the wings
cheering you on! HUGS! 
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sillyakchick
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Re: Yeah
Posted: 07-07-07 21:54pm
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| Fairy*Godmother
wrote: | | So very happy to hear Miss
Hannah is feeling better. Everyday she
will get better and better. She is added
to our prayer list and I know God will
take care of this little angel and heal
her quickly. Let her sleep when she will.
This is lifes way of allowing bodies
repair it-self when we are asleep. You are
a wonderful Mom and kids are clumsy and
get bumps bruises and fractures......don't
ever doubt yourself cause we will be out
here in the wings cheering you on! HUGS!
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thank you so much! {{{hugs}}} that really
means a lot! Thank you!
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