Sunday, November 19, 2006

A trip to the ER

We made a trip to the ER yesterday afternoon. Norah was running a fever that even with tylenol, I couldn't seem to get lower than 103. So after talking to the nurse (both Vicki and Jim were on call and unreachable), Norah and I headed to the ER (Lolo went over to Willem's house for dinner and more playtime). Originally when I called the pediatrician's office, I was just checking on the right dosing of tylenol (figuring I could just double dose - note : don't do this...double dosing apparently causes liver damage so it's a good thing I checked)....anyway, the nurse's alarm over Norah's temperature and the fact that her leg was swelled and red sent us into the ER. I was thinking it was probably a reaction to the shots that Norah got on friday. Turns out, Norah's white blood cell count was "quite high" according to the resident ("really high" according to the attending). Norah got a double shot of antibiotic (poor girl has been a human pincushion the past couple of days) and a course of antibiotic to take for the next 10 days. They said it was an ear infection. I, personally, find it highly suspect that we were just in the doctor's office getting checked out on friday and she was fine....then she gets shots and all of a sudden the next day we're in the ER with a high fever and infection? Anyway, Norah is still battling a slight fever today but she's perked up to her usual self (and getting into loads of trouble).

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