Re: 10/2 Shadow 98 +2~61 +3~66 +6~78 checked in hospital
Thank you everyone for all the hugs and prayers and vines and worrying over us. I very very much appreciate it.
She is doing better but she still has a 101 fever. They have added 3 separate bags of iv's so she's rehydrated. She stopped throwing
up and they gave her antinausea to counter any more of it. They would not let her eat or drink anything until about half an hour ago,
giving her some sprite and if she keeps it down, she can have broth and jello. The tylenol they've given is not stopping the fever
so they are also going to give her motrin.
They do not feel it is related to the ulcer issue. Just a bad coincidence to have another digestion type problem, probably the "suspect
ulcer" made her more vulnerable to bacteria.
They think it might be salmonella or e.coli but there are 4 other possibilities too.
She does eat spinach often and that has a higher probability of carrying things like that. She did eat at subway on sunday afternoon
and had spinach on her sandwich.
I got home within 5 minutes of shadow' shot time and had to feed all the other critters too.
They are keeping her overnight and going to re-run all the labs tomorrow before releasing her, if everything continues progressing forward.
My DH is going to stay up there with her tonite. He'd rather do that than cat duty. He hasn't tested Shadow yet or given her a shot although he
has given me shots in the past. Shadow can be a lot more aggressive towards everyone else.
The reason for the suspect ulcer is she had her wisdom teeth out end of May. She got thru the first night and then started throwing up
the second day.... possible reaction to the oxycodone ( too high a dose) and /or the antibiotics. She's always been stomach sensitive.
She threw up so much that she got dehydrated and wouldn't eat any of the few things that you can have after teeth removal.
We had to take her to the ER then too to get iv rehydration and antinausea. And she had a slow recovery, dry sockets and has been
on again, off again been dealing with stomach issues ever since.
My theory is a trauma ulcer from all that initial throwing up after the oxycodone but for some reason, she isn't healing completely.
They have had her on prilosec for over a month so that's why we have been waiting to see a gi specialist for pediatrics.
In New Mexico, regular gastroenterologists won't see anyone under the age of 18 ( i don't know why ?) . There are only 3 pediatric
gi drs in New Mexico.
She is scheduled for a endoscopy on Nov 2.
I really thought we'd be sent to Albuquerque today but the G.I. Dr told the doctor here that he didn't think today's incident was related
to the ulcer.
