Zach’s First trip to the ER
Posted by Rachel
Zach is now 2 months old and has just had his first trip to the ER. Unfortunately, I’m sure it won’t be his last, after all he is a boy. It all started at 3am Sunday morning. He woke up to nurse as usual and he was very fussy. Normally when he is done he goes right back to bed and lets mommy and daddy sleep a little longer. Not that morning! He would not go back to sleep unless one of us were holding him. We noticed he was feeling quite warm to the touch also. We wanted to take his temp because we believed he was running a temperature, but of course could not find the thermometer in the middle of the night. Well, Dave and I took turns holding Zach so we each could get a little bit more sleep. Then when our daughter awoke we began the search for the thermometer again. We finally found it and Zach had a temperature of 101.2. Dave called the doctor.
We, unfortunately, did not receive a call back from the doctor. We aren’t exactly sure if the answering service didn’t relay the message to call us or if the doctor forgot. An hour and half later we took his temperature again and it was up to 102.1 so we called the doctor again. This time she called us back immediately and said take him to the ER at Children’s Hospital.
We arrived at the hospital at around 1:30pm and were taken in right away. The new Children’s hospital is beautiful. Our first experience was great. It was so peaceful and well made. Once you shut the glass door to your room all the way you could not here anything from other rooms or the hall.
They took Zach’s stats at the hospital and he is now 15 lbs. He is growing like a weed. He is definitely a little porker. Oink, Oink.
The nurse took his temperature and they said he was running a fever. He then had to have blood taken and an urine sample. Unfortunately, to obtain a urine sample in a 2 month old they had to use a catheter and to get the blood sample they gave him and IV. They said that the doctor may give him anti-biotics later and it would go through that. He also had to have an x-ray done. He did a great job with all of it. He definitely didn’t like it, but calmed down fairly quickly after it was all done.
The doctor didn’t see anything suspicious. It is probably just a cold, but they are having a blood and urine culture done. If they grow anything the hospital will give us a call.
Zach responded well to the tylenol and they did end up giving him a dose of anti-biotics just in case. We were then released and left the hospital at 4 pm. Not to bad time wise.
Overall after Zach’s visit he is doing well. We are very pleased with our experience and that Zach is doing better.
Zach home with Daddy after his trip yesterday to the ER.
