tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post6473046628220485086..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: Make it through the night, little guy.AlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-19035334576386661462016-09-20T04:30:58.665-07:002016-09-20T04:30:58.665-07:00Baby boy has only hit a few minor hurdles, which h...Baby boy has only hit a few minor hurdles, which have been managed. If his MRI and hearing test come back clear, he should be fine. We'll just keep him here but keep him very secluded because he doesn't need germs from anyone else. His immunity is probably very low. A baby last winter who was here with the same form of meningitis went home and within a month was back with RSV. She pulled through and everything looks good. I suspect she'll struggle with immunity throughout her childhood, though. I was shadowing my preceptor when that happened, which is why I know about it. In this baby's case, it's sort of good that mom is home with the babies (dad has a pretty good job with Google)and that the family doesn't socialize much yet. Once baby boy reaches about two or two-and-one-half, they can make friends and start to socialize. Mama is a homebody and doesn't seem to get depressed just being at home with her children, and she does have me for a friend now even though I don't speak Spanish. And I'll put on clean scrubs and wash my hands any time I visit.<br /><br />AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-18051493586627713112016-09-20T04:30:17.368-07:002016-09-20T04:30:17.368-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-44792807151529592152016-09-20T00:02:43.107-07:002016-09-20T00:02:43.107-07:00I hope the little guy is still hanging on.I hope the little guy is still hanging on.knottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127277724751832329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-55375639581587514802016-09-19T15:14:46.563-07:002016-09-19T15:14:46.563-07:00Thanks o much for the words of encouoragement, OzD...Thanks o much for the words of encouoragement, OzDoc.. He needed a change of meds in the wee hours, but seems to being doing better. his mother got to hold him in the quarantine area for a few minutes, and he's eating on his own (or as much as any 4-month-old can).<br />AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-7756580650861994832016-09-19T04:16:22.605-07:002016-09-19T04:16:22.605-07:00Bless you,Alexis.
Never underestimate or ignore th...Bless you,Alexis.<br />Never underestimate or ignore the "gut feeling".Your book learning is essential but lots of medical practice is still that unexplainable sense that something is just not right. Another review of a patient often pays off as diseases are an evolving condition not just a snapshot in time.<br /><br />I still recall the last child I saw with meningitis, 20 years ago, a home visit on a Sunday evening.Straight to the paediatric unit of the teaching hospital, but I can still see her, her newly widowed mother and grandmother and their fears. She did well.You did well. I hope your little fellow does too.OzDocnoreply@blogger.com