A Trip to the Hospital
From the beginning…………………….
Last night Harrison went to bed at about 8, then he woke up at about 9, so we got him up to give him a bit more bottle and dylan noticed that Harrison’s face was all blotchy. On closer inspection his right eye was swollen shut and was obviously really itchy. So after waiting on hold on the medical helpline thingy for too long we took him to the North Shore A&E.
So we had about 4 nurses and a couple of doctors look at him and they thought it must be an allergic reaction so we went through about 3 - 4 rounds of the same questions…..what has he eaten, has he been bitten, any new bath products, etc.
So they gave him some antihistimine (sp???) and then told us that an ambulance would pick us up and take us to Starship so they could observe him overnight.
So we got in the ambulance and off we went (Grandma and Grandad followed in my car). When we got to Auckland Hospital we saw a nurse who looked at the chart and said he had ….something optic cellulitis. She then took us to a rooom, said he would go on IV antibiotics, the Doctor would be along soon, explained what could cause the thingy, brushed off everything we said, and left.
Harrison was asleep in his car seat - so he was okay.
then, after an hour Dylan tried to find someone to see what was happening. Of course it was the same nurse. She told him they were all busy and it would probably be another hour. It was about 1:15am so Dylan opted to stay in the horrible little room with Harrison while I went home to get some sleep.
So at about 2 a doctor came in, said it was that optic thingy and went away again. Then he came back an hour later to put the IV line in. And, surprise, they didn’t get the vein the first time. So they got to poke another needle into Harrison while Dylan held him. Then they gave him some antibiotics.
At about 5am a medical registrar talked to Dylan and said he didn’t think it was the cellulitis thing and went to try and find out why someone thought it was. (It changed from an allergy to cellulitis while we were on our way there apparently.)
So this morning, I went back and we played with some toys and read some books while we waited. Then a doctor turned up, had a look at Harrison and said it was probably a virus. (His eye was much better by this time.)
So we got discharged with a prescription and we have to keep an eye on him to make sure it doesn’t get any worse.
Harrison and his Daddy are now asleep on the couch, making up for last night.
So lots of different doctors, 3 different ideas, no real answer.
And Harrison seems fine to us, hes happy and not in pain and not scratching at his eye anymore. In my opinion it was an allergic reaction, and at some stage we will take him for allergy tests.
August 27th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Still pretty scary, even when they seem ok. So pleased to hear that it was nothing serious….big hugs for Harrison!!!