This past Wednesday, Timothy was a little out of sorts in the morning. Usually, morning is his happy, smiley time. However, this Wednesday, Timothy was unhappy all morning, coughing and grunting. Ann took his temperature in the afternoon, which was about 100. After looking around to try and find a clinic that was in-network (our insurance changed on April 1st), Ann took Timothy in to a near-by urgent care clinic. At the clinic, Timothy's temperature was taken at 102 and they urged us to take him into the ER. Once in the hospital, they checked him for a bunch of different things, without finding a reason for the fever. The last check (for bacterial meningitis) takes 48 to finalize the results. He was admitted to the hospital, so they could start him on antibiotics.
Bacterial meningitis can be very serious for young children (today is Timothy's 3 month birthday). It is a low probability, high risk situations: it's unlikely that his fever was caused by bacterial meningitis, but if that was the cause, it is very scary. The last couple days were spent in the hospital, getting antibiotics and recovering. Tylenol kept the fever down, and it was back to normal by yesterday afternoon. The antibiotics have given him some diarrhea that will hopefully dissipate in the next couple days.
We got the culture results back this morning, and we were discharged from the hospital. Ann and Timothy both took a long nap when we got home. Timothy has been much more himself today compared to the past couple days. We're blessed that Timothy is starting to sleep on his own in his swing occasionally. We're also blessed that this happened on a weekend that David's Dad was in town. And we're very blessed that Timothy is healing well :)
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