Anaya has been really really sick majority of the month. I think we had a week and a half of her being healthy. It all started when we enrolled her into a small in-home daycare program. Literally, a week after she started she became sick. She had diarrhea for days, then it evolved into cold/flu with a temp., a constant cough, throwing up and then totally lethargy! This is when freak out mode came over Morgan and I. I have always used the Sears website, almost as a bible and I remember it saying something along the line of, 'doesn't matter how high the temp is it's how they are acting. Lethargy is NOT a good sign immediately call your ped'. It does something to you to see your child in this state. Here is a toddler that should be running around (driving you nuts) but instead she's sitting on the couch not able to keep her eyes open. For two days she didn't even take ONE step. Anaya started to loose weight she didn't have much of an appetite. Luckily, she was drinking plenty. I treated all the symptoms with homeopathic, herbal supplements, natural remedies. We even saw her chiropractor Dr. Jen. who diagnosed her with a sinus infection. I was told which homeopathy's and supplements to give. I left feeling better having a diagnosis. But when the next day came and she was in the same lethargy state and we were now going on almost a week of sickness. I panicked. I made an appointment with her pediatrician, Dr. Jim Sears. I love the Sears for their support on extended breast feeding, healthy eating & not pushing vaccines. But I have almost lost complete hope in Dr.'s, in general. I think every sick visit we have gone to I have left with a prescription for
antibiotics. So here I am again leaving with no true diagnosis and a prescription for antibiotics. To top it of!... Dr. Jim had the nerve to fan her file at her while she was coughing and said 'Don't get me sick'!!!! WTF!!!! I almost lost it!!!! I started Anaya on antibiotics that night. In about 3 days she started showing improvement. It took her about a week to get her complete strength back.
1st true day of feeln' better.
Fast forward a week and a half later...
Anaya got sick again. She woke up with a rash ALL over her body and a temp. I treated the rash naturally but no results. The next morning she woke to both her eyes being blood shot red and a fever. I started to look for a diagnosis on-line. Morgan's parents sent me info on
Kawasaki Disease. She had 4 of the 6 symptoms!!! I begin to secretly loose it. Feeling vulnerable from the previous sickness. I had Morgan take her to the Hoag walk-in clinic across the street. It took 2 hours for them to be seen. Of course, no diagnosis. They had no idea what she had. They requested she should be seen by her ped. Argh! I hate Dr.'s. The 3rd day her rash started going away but her eyes were still super red and she continued to have a low grade temp. I tried seeing Dr. Bob but he wasn't in! F@!? So back to Dr. Jim. Good thing he seemed to be in better spirits that day. She tested positive for strep throat. But, he was kind of alarmed of her having a rash and red eyes. These are not symptoms of strep. He turned to me and said I want you to keep an eye out for 2 things, excessively chapped lips and peeling of finger tips. immediately I looked at him and said, "Kawasaki Disease" he replied, "yes". My heart sank. We were given amoxicillion for the strep. This Dr's visit was last Wed. Yesterday she woke with red eyes and a temp of 99.9 the rash seems to come and go only on her face now. The whole day her temp stayed below 100! Yeah! This morning my prayers were answered... Anaya woke with improvement. Slight, but it was improvement. Her eyes looked pink appose to red and she had no fever. I do see the light at the end of this very long tunnel. I do.
