Daisy has been having stomach problems since February. Eight weeks ago she was having stomach blotting around every three days and her stomach would get as hard as a rock, she would end up throwing up and have diarrhea (actually, I would say liquid stools, there was substance, but no form just a plop of stool). After a couple weeks we talked to the doctor about it and we were thinking she could be allergic to dairy. So we stopped giving her dairy and the problem went down to only once a week. We felt we found the problem and maybe just needed to get more perfect on her diet. Daisy has lost 2 lbs. since February. When she was around 18 months she was normal on the growth chart now she is at %5 for her weight. On Monday she received a vaccination (which we started her vaccines in Feb.) after her Mondays vaccine she started getting a normal temperature, but by Tuesday the temps had not gone away without repeat pain reliever and her temp reached 103.5 so we brought her back to the doctors. The doctor said she might just be having a little reaction, but since she is acting alright (besides a fever) we just needed to continue with pain reliever switching off from Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hrs. On Wednesday she started throwing up more and I asked to do some blood work. Thursday her blood work came back and was all wacky. Her white blood count was high and other levels in her blood work were off.Doctor said to keep her posted on Daisy's behavior; throughout the day Daisy wasn't wanting to eat and wasn't keeping anything down. I called the doctor and she decided we need to go to the hospital. In the hospital they placed her on an iv and gave her an antibiotic that fights infection. They did a chest x-ray, stomach x-ray, tested her for RSV, Influence, Strep, urine and stool test, and did new blood work the next day. We also saw a GI specialists (stomach allergy doctor) and did some blood work. Well everything came back negative except the chest x-ray had some fluid in her lungs,(the allergy test won't be back for another week) and the blood work showed that the white blood count was going down significantly. The blood work showed she was still a little dehydrated, but for the most part gave no real answers. They were going to release us (that doctor didn't think we needed to be there), but Daisy threw up when we were getting ready to leave. So they decided to keep us another night. Saturday's doctor was awesome and on top of the situation, but still couldn't give us many answers. Her 2nd chest x-ray showed more fluid in her lungs so they changed her antibiotic and treated her for pneumonia. Since her white blood count was coming down and hadn't had a fever since Friday he decided to take her off the IV to see if she would continue to drink and keep down her fluids. She drank enough and kept her food down (with just one little throw up at 3:00) so we were able to leave at 7:30. When we got home at around 9:30 she threw up a lot again. Today she has some more color and has kept her food down. Also, while in the hospital we gave her all kinds of food and her stomach didn't have any blotting, so we have continued to allow her to eat whatever until we find out further from the GI specialist next week. As long as she is keeping hydrated and having no fevers we don't need to "worry". I still find it very strange that we are treating her for pneumonia, but she is still throwing up, but I do believe she could have that on top of a bigger problem. Since her white blood count is dropping it shows she is doing better. Which she is looking and acting much better, but it's stressful not knowing. We have a few thoughts of what it could be from google (crohn's disease is what we currently are thinking, we thought maybe dairy allergy or even celiac disease, just not sure). We are hoping to find out more answers from the GI doctor next week.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Daisy's Hospital Stay
(Very bummed I forgot my camera) Here is a picture from last week of Daisy (she fell asleep on the coffee table). 
Daisy has been having stomach problems since February. Eight weeks ago she was having stomach blotting around every three days and her stomach would get as hard as a rock, she would end up throwing up and have diarrhea (actually, I would say liquid stools, there was substance, but no form just a plop of stool). After a couple weeks we talked to the doctor about it and we were thinking she could be allergic to dairy. So we stopped giving her dairy and the problem went down to only once a week. We felt we found the problem and maybe just needed to get more perfect on her diet. Daisy has lost 2 lbs. since February. When she was around 18 months she was normal on the growth chart now she is at %5 for her weight. On Monday she received a vaccination (which we started her vaccines in Feb.) after her Mondays vaccine she started getting a normal temperature, but by Tuesday the temps had not gone away without repeat pain reliever and her temp reached 103.5 so we brought her back to the doctors. The doctor said she might just be having a little reaction, but since she is acting alright (besides a fever) we just needed to continue with pain reliever switching off from Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hrs. On Wednesday she started throwing up more and I asked to do some blood work. Thursday her blood work came back and was all wacky. Her white blood count was high and other levels in her blood work were off.Doctor said to keep her posted on Daisy's behavior; throughout the day Daisy wasn't wanting to eat and wasn't keeping anything down. I called the doctor and she decided we need to go to the hospital. In the hospital they placed her on an iv and gave her an antibiotic that fights infection. They did a chest x-ray, stomach x-ray, tested her for RSV, Influence, Strep, urine and stool test, and did new blood work the next day. We also saw a GI specialists (stomach allergy doctor) and did some blood work. Well everything came back negative except the chest x-ray had some fluid in her lungs,(the allergy test won't be back for another week) and the blood work showed that the white blood count was going down significantly. The blood work showed she was still a little dehydrated, but for the most part gave no real answers. They were going to release us (that doctor didn't think we needed to be there), but Daisy threw up when we were getting ready to leave. So they decided to keep us another night. Saturday's doctor was awesome and on top of the situation, but still couldn't give us many answers. Her 2nd chest x-ray showed more fluid in her lungs so they changed her antibiotic and treated her for pneumonia. Since her white blood count was coming down and hadn't had a fever since Friday he decided to take her off the IV to see if she would continue to drink and keep down her fluids. She drank enough and kept her food down (with just one little throw up at 3:00) so we were able to leave at 7:30. When we got home at around 9:30 she threw up a lot again. Today she has some more color and has kept her food down. Also, while in the hospital we gave her all kinds of food and her stomach didn't have any blotting, so we have continued to allow her to eat whatever until we find out further from the GI specialist next week. As long as she is keeping hydrated and having no fevers we don't need to "worry". I still find it very strange that we are treating her for pneumonia, but she is still throwing up, but I do believe she could have that on top of a bigger problem. Since her white blood count is dropping it shows she is doing better. Which she is looking and acting much better, but it's stressful not knowing. We have a few thoughts of what it could be from google (crohn's disease is what we currently are thinking, we thought maybe dairy allergy or even celiac disease, just not sure). We are hoping to find out more answers from the GI doctor next week.
Daisy has been having stomach problems since February. Eight weeks ago she was having stomach blotting around every three days and her stomach would get as hard as a rock, she would end up throwing up and have diarrhea (actually, I would say liquid stools, there was substance, but no form just a plop of stool). After a couple weeks we talked to the doctor about it and we were thinking she could be allergic to dairy. So we stopped giving her dairy and the problem went down to only once a week. We felt we found the problem and maybe just needed to get more perfect on her diet. Daisy has lost 2 lbs. since February. When she was around 18 months she was normal on the growth chart now she is at %5 for her weight. On Monday she received a vaccination (which we started her vaccines in Feb.) after her Mondays vaccine she started getting a normal temperature, but by Tuesday the temps had not gone away without repeat pain reliever and her temp reached 103.5 so we brought her back to the doctors. The doctor said she might just be having a little reaction, but since she is acting alright (besides a fever) we just needed to continue with pain reliever switching off from Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hrs. On Wednesday she started throwing up more and I asked to do some blood work. Thursday her blood work came back and was all wacky. Her white blood count was high and other levels in her blood work were off.Doctor said to keep her posted on Daisy's behavior; throughout the day Daisy wasn't wanting to eat and wasn't keeping anything down. I called the doctor and she decided we need to go to the hospital. In the hospital they placed her on an iv and gave her an antibiotic that fights infection. They did a chest x-ray, stomach x-ray, tested her for RSV, Influence, Strep, urine and stool test, and did new blood work the next day. We also saw a GI specialists (stomach allergy doctor) and did some blood work. Well everything came back negative except the chest x-ray had some fluid in her lungs,(the allergy test won't be back for another week) and the blood work showed that the white blood count was going down significantly. The blood work showed she was still a little dehydrated, but for the most part gave no real answers. They were going to release us (that doctor didn't think we needed to be there), but Daisy threw up when we were getting ready to leave. So they decided to keep us another night. Saturday's doctor was awesome and on top of the situation, but still couldn't give us many answers. Her 2nd chest x-ray showed more fluid in her lungs so they changed her antibiotic and treated her for pneumonia. Since her white blood count was coming down and hadn't had a fever since Friday he decided to take her off the IV to see if she would continue to drink and keep down her fluids. She drank enough and kept her food down (with just one little throw up at 3:00) so we were able to leave at 7:30. When we got home at around 9:30 she threw up a lot again. Today she has some more color and has kept her food down. Also, while in the hospital we gave her all kinds of food and her stomach didn't have any blotting, so we have continued to allow her to eat whatever until we find out further from the GI specialist next week. As long as she is keeping hydrated and having no fevers we don't need to "worry". I still find it very strange that we are treating her for pneumonia, but she is still throwing up, but I do believe she could have that on top of a bigger problem. Since her white blood count is dropping it shows she is doing better. Which she is looking and acting much better, but it's stressful not knowing. We have a few thoughts of what it could be from google (crohn's disease is what we currently are thinking, we thought maybe dairy allergy or even celiac disease, just not sure). We are hoping to find out more answers from the GI doctor next week.
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She just threw up, thankfully not very much.
Vomiting can be a neurological problem as well. I would ask for a CT scan to make sure there is nothing going on in her brain. I hate to hear about sick kids. It's so hard when the doctors have no answers!!
I am so sorry for all that your family has been going through especially for little Daisy. We will definitely keep you in our prayers.
Jen! I need to read the blog more often and keep updated! this is scary. Glad things seem to be on the up and up!
I haven't been on here for awhile. Yikes! Have you had her checked for lupus? We'll keep you in our prayers!
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