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An hour later and fever is holding in the 100 range BUT the thing that is bugging me is this…
On Wed at the ER the first blood test said this (and I have a copy)
WBC 4.6
Platelet Count 106
The second blood test said this a couple hours later
WBC 3.6
Platelet Count 96
On Thursday at 4:30 AM we had the first blood test at the hospital.?? The numbers were then:
WBC 10
Platelet 114
On Friday the 4:30 AM test got trashed because it clotted before the lab could see it (technically a good sign for the platelet count).?? They tried to retest later in the morning but then couldn’t get any blood out of her so they gave up.?? Saturday they let us go.
Therefore, the only info to substantiate that the numbers were showing improvement was the Thursday morning test.?? Grant it, the WBC count seemed up quite a bit BUT considering that the numbers were 10,000 off a couple hours apart in the ER, why would we assume that an 8000 improvement a day later was really an “improvement” when there is clearly that much wiggle room in the numbers to begin with??? Tracking with me??? Now that she is fevering again I am left not so confident in the analysis of all this….
7 responses to “So here is what’s buggin me…”
How scary…. I’m praying for you all. God bless you!!!! Kari
I too, would have felt more comfortable with at least 1 more set of lab values to conclude that the #’s were consistantly going up. Is she still urinating o.k.? Did they give u any suggestions as far as diet?? ie… pedialyte, low salt, extra fluids, limit protein, etc??? If it were me I would monitor her closely thru the night, and not stress her out with the ER unless u have to… but would call the pedi or her urologist first thing in the morning and let them know about the fever. That’s what I would do… pray, seek God, and also trust your mommy instincts. Love you and praying for Tori and you and Jim!!!!
Shauna – she is still at 100ish 3 hours later – no change. I am going to wait this out until morning because I completely agree with not wanting to stress her with the ER again. I would rather her get a good night sleep and then have more bloodwork done tomorrow. As for diet…they didn’t mention a thing. She was never dehydrated so they just let us go with the instruction to follow up with Ped and Urologist tomorrow and to return if she fevered at or above 102 again. I really wasn’t expecting this low grade fever to reappear.
PS, one more thing… IF it were me; I would feel more comfortable seeing the oncologist and having it ruled out for sure. It doesn’t sound like that is the case since her #s are going up on their own… but for me – I would just like the definate clearance from oncology. I hope I am not overstepping my boundaries by suggesting these things, but my heart has ached for you and your family since i read your first post; and although it is different with my medical foster kids; I know that I like to have the thourough workup and ease my fears during uncertain times. Same with Tyler and his heart problems… give me all the answers u can… that way I don’t have to worry about unknowns. Thats just me. Love you, praying for u!!!!!!!!!!!
At this particular moment Shauna I admit to having the same thoughts as you. I told Kristi tonight that in some ways I would be less concerned if she were battling a high fever because it would seem more evident that her body was fighting a virus. A continuing on and off low grade fever though with no other symptoms…something isn’t right about that. Trying not to totally scare myself out of my wits though.
Praying for you and your family, Doni. I can only imagine how hard this must be, and I hate the word “idiopathic” because all it really means is “we have no idea what caused this.” Not much comfort to a concerned mommy. But I’ll be holding you and your littlest angel up to the Father today.
Angie
MAN! THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO KNOW!!! DID THEY ACTUALLY TEST THE BLOOD AND SEE IT GOING UP AGAIN? aaaa…. you need solid answers.
i’m with shauna – ask for answers to rule things out… at the VERY LEAST they should do it because you are a concerned mommy who just spent DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL with your daughter!!! but it makes so much sense medically – and now you have the advice of a nurse (thanks shauna 🙂 ) in your corner and that speaks! follow up for answers is my leaning too. at LEAST to rule out a few of the worst unknowns.