Back from the doctor's
Aug. 25th, 2004 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrThe doctor tested her for mono (again) and strep (again). Delia wept as we waited for the test results, both because it seemed so unfair to have to produce blood for another test (fortunately it was just a finger stick this time, but it was still traumatic) and because she's just tired of it all. "I want something to come out positive," she moaned. "Then they could give me some medicine and I could get better."
Both tests came back negative (again). He told me to take her to see an infectious disease specialist, because he was out of ideas. I managed to wangle an appointment with one for tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.
Delia's fever is now a little over 100. She is asleep in bed.
If Rob manages to break away from the store as planned, I'll be going into work soon.
Edited to add: She just woke up. 103.0 F.
Both tests came back negative (again). He told me to take her to see an infectious disease specialist, because he was out of ideas. I managed to wangle an appointment with one for tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m.
Delia's fever is now a little over 100. She is asleep in bed.
If Rob manages to break away from the store as planned, I'll be going into work soon.
Edited to add: She just woke up. 103.0 F.
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Date: 2004-08-25 11:30 am (UTC)Not being a doctor, I can only send you both my best wishes. Would Delia like a note or something in the mail to help cheer her up? Email me at LJ if you'd like. :)
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:03 pm (UTC)I saw that she's been tested for Lyme, and that you were going to talk to the doctor about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Have they thought about testing for other Borrelia bugs than Lyme, like the one that causes relapsing fever? Or, perhaps, the other Rickettsia bugs related to RMSF (such as murine typhus)? (Misia's comment above actually started me down the typhus path of reading, and Delia's rash certainly sounds like the kind of rash that goes with it.)
Sorry if I'm being annoying with the suggestions. This is the sort of thing for which I immediately run off and start Googling through the NIH website. The perils of medical writing and whatnot.
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:26 pm (UTC)Be Koool (sic)
Date: 2004-08-25 12:09 pm (UTC)Good luck.
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:11 pm (UTC)Can so relate to this feeling. Sending as many good thoughts as I can your way... for both you, and her.
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Date: 2004-08-25 01:13 pm (UTC)Whether or not she'll be able to come up with an answer-- good reputation or not-- is another question entirely.
Sympathies to you and poor Delia. :(
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:31 pm (UTC)Stuff I learned from many hours spent in doctor's offices and hospitals over the last couple of years: trust your gut instincts, be persistent, don't assume that the doctors and nurses have all the info together each visit-- doublechecking them & repeating what you've been through so far can make a big difference, don't be shy about throwing out any ideas you have no matter how odd they may seem, it's always better to give the doctors more information (even if it's info you already gave the nurse or gave to other doctors or even the same doctor on a previous visit).
It's probably stuff you already know, but I figured it bore repeating. I guess that's the lesson I learned most of all: to speak up. Sometimes a little thought I had about what might be wrong or some little symptom I noticed that seemed unrelated would end up the key to getting the right diagnosis.
Oh how I wish it were all easier. Here's hoping this specialist is on the ball and can figure it out real quick. (Have they checked for West Nile? I ask 'cuz there've been a lot of cases in South Dakota and we've got fewer mosquitoes here than there are in Minnesota. And fevers have been the most reported symptom).
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:47 pm (UTC)When mine has a fever sometimes we have to do the alternating meds thing as someone was mentioning before - Motrin alternated with Tylenol, every 3 hours. Sometimes it takes them both to bring it down. I don't do it for more than 48 hours because I don't want to blow her poor little liver all to shreds, but, it can really help at least make her comfortable.
I'm keeping you all in my prayers.
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-25 01:28 pm (UTC)If you need it, Irene said she might be able to watch Delia some future afternoon? If you want to take advantage, call this evening or later and we can figure out details.
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Date: 2004-08-25 01:38 pm (UTC)Hugs to you both.
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