Let's recap the past few days.
On Easter, Luke was very fussy and tried to sleep all day. My hubby let me sleep a little after the guests left, only for him to wake me up around 11 pm with concerns about Luke. Our little one isn't much of a crier but he had been crying for two hours straight. I took his temp under his arm and it hit 100, so we put cool water on his head and took him to the hospital. His breathing was odd and he was incredibly pale. The docs said he was fine and sent us home.
I sat him on my lap and sent hubby to bed. After an hour, I noticed he needed changing. I took his temp and it had spoiled to 103. Woke hubby and went to a different hospital, one with a pediatric ER. They did a bunch of tests and a spinal tap only to find that Luke has bacterial meningitis. He immediately got antibiotics and carted up to pediatrics.
It was confirmed yesterday that my little guy has strep b meningitis. He needs 14 days of IV antibiotic treatment. I'm in the hospital with him and hubby is working while staying home to care for our cats. We're all terribly lonely but Luke's responding well to treatment.
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