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Blooie said:
Bathroom project is totally on hold. Planned it for yesterday, but Ken got called in for meetings and offered me Proud Cut if I’d ride along, drop him off, go pick up his tuxedos from the cleaners, and I couldn’t resist besides, I didn’t want to do it all by myself, so I figured today was just as good.

Well, yeah. The school called. Kendra went back today after being out Monday, but they said she was totally lethargic and not participating at all. So we brought her home to stay with us. Jen said to keep an eye on her MACE (the little Tic-Tac thing where we do her enemas) because it was a little red over the weekend. So I checked it when I cathed her, and it was pretty doggone red. By the time Jen came to pick her up a couple of hours later, it was nasty swollen and purple. So she took Kendra home, got her some Motrin, called the doctor, and not 5 minutes later she called me and told me it had burst. And I mean BURST!!! She rushed her the ER, I followed a few minutes later, and that’s where we’ve been from 2:30 until just a few minutes ago.

Kendra was so sick that she didn’t fight the 4 vials of blood drawn, putting in the IV, or the general once-over, but the minute they touched her waistband to even look at the MACE she arched her back and started kicking. But not one tear all day long. So dehydrated, too. But her temp was only 99.4. She fell asleep, and she was so out of it that when they wanted a urine sample I sat her up and braced her, Jen did the catheter, and Kendra didn’t stir. The doctor we had called Denver for some guidance and sent them photos (bless him for that!) and they said that sometimes when kids with a MACE have had a nasty viral infection, the antibodies in the blood get whacko busy and start fighting everything. Since, like the sinuses and nostrils, the MACE is in a mucosal environment, a pocket will occasionally form, swell rapidly, then burst and drain. The doctor here cultured the junk from it, and we’ll know more in a couple of days, but she sure tested positive for a UTI. They finally sprung us loose with an antibiotic ointment to push into the MACE (that should be fun) and a three day supply of antibiotics plus a prescription for more. But it’ll take a few days for the final urine culture to come back and tell us what specific antibiotic killed the UTI. If it’s the one we are starting with, great, we’ll fill the remainder of that. But if not, we’ll tear up that script and get the one that was effective in the culture. As far as the abscess goes, Denver said to keep it open and draining so it will heal from the inside out. They usually do with little to no intervention.

We discussed her being admitted because of how sick she is, but both Denver and the local doctor feel that a little one with Kendra’s other issues usually does better at home, if at all possible, given the communication issues, seizures, and the autism. Makes sense to us, too, but it’s pretty scary to look at, I’ll tell ya! She didn’t even cry when they took out the IV, poor baby! I’ll have her tomorrow, and I gotta tell ya I’m not looking forward to it. So, that was my day, watching my baby girl so miserable that she didn’t react to anything except the actual looking and the culture. The bathroom can darn well wait!

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Bless her heart!!
 

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