My 3 week old girl in Hospital UPDATE $20,000 common cold

[snccoulter]

So on the 22nd of Sept we had our little girl and she was very healthy, and she has been really healthy but yesterday we noticed she had a fever of just about 101 and we called the doc and were instructed to take her into the ER and so about 730 we got to McKay Dee and were seen within about 10 min. even though there was a full house. they started to take vitals and then took us back to the room. The doc immediately told us we were in for a long few days because Cora will be admitted for at least 48 hours. they did a spinal tap and took all sorts of blood and cultures the bacterias are nil and so was the spinal fluid so we are waiting on viruses and shall see from there. it ahas been hard on Cayla because she had a C-Section then on Friday she had her gallbladder removed then she had to end up in the hospital with our 3 week old girl. When will it end??????

[denaliguide]

i hope you little girl gets better quickly. both of them, actually.

[Sombeech]

Good luck man

[accadacca]

Yeah, good luck that's tough. I was in a similar situation with my baby girl about 18 months ago. Rough.

[DiscGo]

Sorry friend. Good luck!

[Alex]

I've been there before bro, hang in there. Hope things turn out for the best soon.

[blueeyes]

Hang in there and please keep us posted. Cora is in my thoughts as well as the rest of your family.

[Felicia]

Know that you are not alone in your worry. Your internet friends are right here beside you. Take care!!!

[savanna3313]

Hopefully she will be just fine and back home soon! Babies are amazingly resilient!

[JP]

Hope she has a speedy recovery :nod:

[snccoulter]

Cora was released today and she has the Rhino Virus a 20,000 common cold abd is doing well thanks for all your support.

[devo_stevo]

Great to hear that. The part about her doing better, not the bill.

I remember when my oldest had roseola (spelling). It's more commonly known as "baby measels". She ran a fever of 103-104 for three days then when it broke, she had a bunch of spots all over her and was fine. Scary as hell though. Being a parent is great, but it can be rough as well.

Good luck to your wife too.

[Alex]

Sometimes you wish you had a power to take whatever is bugging the little ones onto yourself

[accadacca]

Sometimes you wish you had a power to take whatever is bugging the little ones onto yourself
Absolutely.

Glad it was only a cold. :2thumbs:

[snccoulter]

SO SO True

[blueeyes]

So glad to hear she is doing well. Sorry about the ridiculous bill!

[snccoulter]

on the bill i will see it but i wont have to pay any of it. My insurance covers me and my family 100% and then makes a partial payment to the hospital. w

[Cirrus2000]

Glad to hear things are going well! Here's to a full recovery for everyone! :2thumbs:

[jman]

This is off-topic to your daughter's cold, but I'm glad she is doing well.

I was reading in my Anatomy book a few weeks ago about viruses and and how your body deals with it. It was saying that viruses replicate by using the hosts own cell. And when a person gets a fever - that temperature rise in the body is what keeps the virus from replicating (it stops telomeres from floating around, which in turn, the virus uses to infilitrate).

So why is it common practice then to lower a fever? I know a fever above 105 can cause seizures and especially in pediatrics, that the higher it goes the better chance for infection (especially Mengitis). I have heard that fevers getting that high isn't very common at all, though.

I might be wrong on all of this in stopping a fever, but I do know fevers stop the virus from replicating though. just a random thought.

[R]

So why is it common practice then to lower a fever?

High fevers are an urgent medical emergency, but fevers common to non-life-threatening illnesses are part of a healthy immune response. The only reason to lower those fevers is to keep the patient comfortable.

[JP]

:2thumbs: Good to hear :2thumbs: