A Little Longer Break…
Even though we got home Monday night, I’m going to be taking a little longer blogging break than I expected.
Ava has been really sick (diarrhea) and yesterday, she started having quite a bit of blood in it. So of course I took her to the doctor and they drew blood and took a stool sample. Turns out she has hemorragic e-coli. They want to do a total chemistry on her today, so I have to take her in for another blood draw. I’ll also have to take her in for another total chemistry 2 days after the diarrhea stops. They want to put her on antibiotics, but I’m not completely sold on that. The doctor said that “the jury’s still out” on whether they’re even effective, so I started reading online about them and it turns out that mixing antibiotics and e-coli elevates the risk of Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), which would affect her kidneys and could cause kidney failure and death. Even without the antibiotics, she still has a 1 in 10 chance of developing that, so I am extremely wary of raising an already high risk. So I called the doctor back to talk about it and left a message. My guess is that I won’t be putting her on it, though.
Anyway, the doctor said we probably have another 7 days of this. Should be fun. I’m just really hoping this is all it is and it won’t end up affecting her kidneys. The doctor said they’ll be keeping a close eye on her kidneys and her iron levels to try to stop it from developing into HUS.
Also, Kelvin came down with a cough on Monday and I’m pretty sure he’s shared it with Ava now, so that definitely doesn’t help!
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under Random Thoughts.
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Time: April 1, 2009, 1:28 pm
[...] won’t be posting much this week. We got home safely from Wisconsin, but now Ava is really sick, so I’m going to be focusing all my energy on taking care of her (and Kelvin, of course) and [...]
Comment from Laurie
Time: April 1, 2009, 3:08 pm
Aw, I’m so sorry to hear your kids are sick 
It doesn’t make it easy on us. You can definitely tell that the Holy Days are upon us once again… We’ll be praying for Ava and Kelvin’s health, and for you and Chad too.
Comment from Ruth
Time: April 1, 2009, 5:27 pm
I’m so sorry your trip ended with sick children. Ava’s sounds fairly serious and we will be praying for her rapid recovery.
Comment from Amy
Time: April 1, 2009, 9:06 pm
Did Ava eat something that got her sick?
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Comment from Courtney
Time: April 1, 2009, 9:17 pm
I really hope that Ava gets better soon!
Comment from Lora
Time: April 1, 2009, 10:22 pm
Amy – We have no idea where she got it. There are so many different things that could have given it to her. She could have eaten bad meat, drank bad water, touched something that had fecal matter and then put her hands in her mouth, etc. And the window for onset of symptoms is so big (10 hours to 8 days after exposure) that there’s no way to really pinpoint anything.
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Comment from kelley
Time: April 2, 2009, 10:47 am
I am sorry to hear that your kids are sick. Especially about Ava because it sound serious. I will pray that she recovers quickly and fully. Sophia and I just came down with another cold (and Sophia has a bad cough) that sounds like it might be like what Kelvin has. Blah.
Comment from Amy
Time: April 2, 2009, 11:39 am
Cailey and I also have a cold . . . It sounds like we were ‘sharing’ germs at the shower 
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Comment from Laurie
Time: April 2, 2009, 12:17 pm
Oh, guess what… Aubrey has a cough now too. Just noticed it this morning. Jordan seems fine though.
I’ll be praying for all our sick children!
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Time: April 1, 2009, 1:27 pm
[...] won’t be posting much this week. We got home safely from Wisconsin, but now Ava is really sick, so I’m going to be focusing all my energy on taking care of her and just doing the bare [...]