Jan 7th, 2009 by anonym |
Ok, my 12 month old has been spiking a fever. When it reached 103 F, the doctor had me take her in. They did blood work and found out that she has some kind of viral infection, but they don't know y or what. They said that if she continues to keep getting fevers like this over the next 48 hours, (whether the fevers go down with medicine or not) with out any other symptoms showing up, they will catheterize her, take chest x rays, do more blood work up, and other stuff.
So, my question is, will doing this stuff require hospitalization or can they just do that in a doctors office and then take the catheter out after they get a urine sample. I figured it would require hospitalization until they find out what is wrong, but I don't know.
She should be hospitalized anyway. They will have to do it to catheterize her and do all the blood work they need to do. I hate it when children get sick. That's why I chose Geriatrics in nursing. I cry when i see little ones so sick. God, I pray she gets better soon. Give her a hug for me.they might do hosptilization but it will be for the best. children do not have as strong immune systems as older children and adults do, so it is safer to have them in a cleaner enviornment away from some of the problems until they are detected and treated. With a 21 month old I would take a chance and would want her to stay there. But I think yes that should require hospitalization atleast for a night. Babies and toddlers and the fastest to crash so to speak. So I wouldnt risk it. When my daughter was about 9 months old she had a 103 fever and she stayed the night. A lot of things can be looked after at home, but to be honest I would have taken her straight to hospital myself.
High temps, especially in babies, aren't something to mess around with, so I'd be doing anything you can to bring it down (with my youngest bro we gave him cool baths and layed him on top of blanket which we put over frozen peas LOL).
She could be fine, but why risk it?When the doctors don't know the cause, it is better if the child is hospitalized. Atleast then we can avoid some crucial unwanted events.There are different kind of catheters. Could they have been talking about an IV catheter (for fluids and medication)?
Everything you listed can be done in most clinics/doctor's offices. They may want to hospitalize her for a few hours, but if you voice your concerns about it, they could probably work around your wishes.
It's usually healthier for children to be at home when sick so they don't catch more germs from other patients. #If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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