Pretty Darn Pathetic looking

So the last couple of days have been a bit rough for the Ohio based Knodels. It all started wed night / thurs morning when Kaiya throw up (like OMG WOW that was a lot of throw up throw up) twice in about a half hour. We took her to the pediatrician (for the rest of the post ped for short) and he felt that it was a stomach bug and said she should start to get over it in a couple of days. No worries. SO by Saturday our little K-Bear had added a very nasty cough and a slight fever 100ish to the mix. SO we called the ped again and explained what was up with her and they said to bring her in for a looksee. SO we did. The Ped said this time ok sounds like shes congested and has a cold. Again no worries she should start to get better in a day or so BUT if she runs a fever over 101 give us a call b/c she will need to come in again. SO we leave again and are like ok doke. Sunday comes and goes and she doesnt really seem like she is improving all that much and her coughing is getting much worse. SO after we get a temp of 101.6 we give the ped a call again and take her back on monday. The Ped says to take her to the Childrens ER to have them run some bloodwork and do a chest xray. SO lisa takes Kaiya to the ER and I meet them there shortly thereafter. The docs there do this vacu sinus suck thing on her and extract quite of bit of the "boogies" as they called it and tested it for RSV and flu. No to flu but yes to RSV with bronchitis. But again we get the No worries we will get you your own vacu suck machine and she will be fine in a jiffy but you have to see you ped tommorow for a follow up b/c she should show some improvement. Ok I gotta tell you I aint a doctor but after 3 visits to the ped and 1 ER visit I was getting tired of the no worries - shes gonna start to seem better in a day or so routine. SO here she is in the ER.



So on Tuesday we hit the ped's office and at this point we were really starting to get concerned about dehydration. We werent getting wet diaps from her anymore and she was having other issues as well as being real lethargic and just not herself. Plus she was eating about a 1/3 of what was normal with about 2/3rds the frequency. SO thats just not good at all. The ped started to say that she was on the real borderline cutoff of the seriousness of RSV. 3 months is the typical cut off of concern and she is just a few days shy. I expressed my concern and how I felt like at the current sitch was going to land us in the ER for dehydration in a couple of days and the ped was like "more like a day, I want her admitted right now" SO he called ahead and here we are on day two in the hospital. Below you can see Kaiya with her little arm board for her IV. She is getting lots of fluids now but shes still not eating as well as she should. Shes still running a fever over 101 but its less frequent and she is still really lethargic. And guess what "no worries she should start perking up in a day or so."


Cheers!