round two

well the doctors think it might have been round two. probably. maybe.

The rash she had on her face Friday had faded by Saturday morning, and there were no other symptoms. Sunday morning the rash was back - surprise! Still no other symptoms; she was tired, but not overly so considering Saturday was a busy day with the wedding and all, so we simply noted the rash and went on.

Monday morning she has a fever of 102, headache, and tired; the rash is still evident. By 11 am she is asking to take a nap, so while she is sleeping I start calling doctors. When I finally gert a call back about 1 pm, I am told to take her to her primary care physician. Since Tyler was at work with Dan, I took the other kids to Grandma Suzanne and then took Deborah to see Dr. Mack at the Walk in Medical Clinic.

The wait at the clinic was around 1 1/2 hours, during which time she slept. The nurse recorded her temp at 103. Dr. Mack looked her over, ran a strep culture(came back negative), and sent us back over to the ER at Women's and Children's hospital.

The ER was swamped! We waited over 1/2 an hour before the "triaged" her and then we were sent back out to the waiting room to wait for a treatment room to open up. I was torn between being cross about the delay in treatment and sorrow for all the sick kids around us. Deborah spent the time propped in the corner of the couch or against me sleeping, but the room was full of children who were crying pitiously. We got in a room around 7pm and then we waited some more. Once we were back there, it was almost easier to wait; Deborah had a bed to sleep on and that is precisely what she did.

Next came the familiar routine of putting the IV line in, drawing blood, getting a urine sample, and an assortment of doctors coming in to take a history, etc... Dr Flynn remembered us from last time and came in to look her over, and whether coincidence or not, things moved along in terms of treatment after that. They gave her Tylenol to try to bring the fever down - 20 minutes or so later she threw up, so I do not know how well that worked. About 9:30 they came to tell us that they wanted to admit her and do another round of IVIG and aspirin b/c although they were not as certain it was a relapse of the Kawasaki's, there were enough similarities that they did not want to take the risks associated with not treating for it. It was around midnight when they got us in a room upstairs (5545, in the adolescent wing because pediatrics was so full) and about 2 am when they started the IVIG.

Right at 3 am it was like a switch flipped in Deborah; she was awake and cheerful, and asking to watch tv, lol! After one movie, a very tired mommy convinced her to rest until morning. :)

Although all the symptoms that brought us into the hospital had subsided with treatment(fever, headache, rash on her face), we were a little concerned that her eyes continued to becme more bloodshot and red as the day progressed. However, with her being in such good shape yesterday, the eyes were noted in her chart and we got to come home Tuesday evening around 6pm. Deborah was cheerful and bouncy.