After 3 visits to the doctor’s office and one excruciating ER visit, Pinky is finally on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, she suffered both physically and emotionally as she is now officially afraid any doctor. I felt so bad to think that my peace of mind, making sure my baby was okay, would in the end cause my baby to feel so much pain. It just goes to remind us that there is a price for everything. As parents, we were doing what was best. I held off on many thing,s like giving her Tylenol right away and taking her to the doctor too soon. Because this was Pinky’s first time being sick, I just did not want to wait around for something bad to happen. Her symptoms seemed to be getting worse with each passing day, she was getting harder to console, which is never a problem for Mommy.
The ER visit was the most painful experience for all of us. Since she is not quite a year old and her fever was lingering for more than 5 days, doctor wanted to take some routine tests to rule everything out. My poor baby was was first violated, as two nurses stuck a catheter in her baby girl parts to get a urine sample to – this was to check for a UTI. Before that, another nurse took a rectal temperature and boy did she clench those cheeks! After that, we had to get her in for an x-ray to check her lungs – this was to make sure she had no fluid in them indicating any sign of pneumonia. Finally, she was stuck with a needle by a nurse who said she has been drawing blood for the past 20 years, however she had to stick my poor little girl twice. She left a cruise in her left arm…I know it wasn’t her fault though. Pinky was fighting so hard to not let that needle enter her tiny vein; she twisted her arm and out came the needle. The nurse then had to draw blood from her right wrist. She finally found a vessel, but the tube was filling up in sloooow motion I swear. I don’t think I will ever forget the look on Pinky’s face or the cries for help and the cries screaming why the hell are you letting these people touch me?
I can’t say that the tests were done for nothing. Everything came back negative and normal, which I was and still am so grateful for. However a part of me feels so guilty for letting my baby girl go through all that pain and suffering in the process. I’m sure it’s not that bad, being that the cause outweighed the risks and the discomfort she felt. I just thank God that she is okay.
Today, at her follow up doctor confirmed Pinky has a cold with a virus that will last about 7-10 days. Doc also said that it is common for babies experiencing their First Winter, to get a cold and/or virus every 4-6 weeks! Yikes! That’s one cold per month. If that’s not enough, Pinky most likely had Roseola, which explains the rash she developed the day we took her into the ER. Apparently, a child will get Roseola once in their lifetime and never have it again. It’s basically a fever that lasts for a few days; followed by a red rash (that doesn’t bother baby) as the fever breaks. It’s common in children ages 6 months to 2 years old. It’s crazy because I was communicating with a friend of mine who’s daughter is 6 weeks younger than Pinky and she had experienced the same thing.
Again, I’m just glad that Pinky is slowly recovering, getting lots of rest and drinking lots of Mommy’s milk. She is slowly getting her strength and her appetite back. I’m hopeful she’ll be fully recovered to enjoy her First Christmas! And hopefully she will forget about this bad experience at the doctors office and hospital before her 1 year old well check up!
Thank you to everyone for your concern and your prayers! God bless!