Infection lands Grandbaby Cloud in hospital!

Cloud · 10-20-2007, 01:34 PM

My 2-year old granddaughter is in the hospital right now on IV antibiotics. Her diagnosis is cellulitis, an infection of the connective tissue in skin, which can also sink deeper into the lymph system and bloodstream, caused by staph or strep.

She was sick all day Friday, laying down and not moving. She had been running a fever, but the rest of the family (Dad, and the other 3 sisters) had had a virus the week previously, so they didn't think much of it. It wasn't until late Friday night that they noticed her neck was grossly swollen (where her lymph nodes are).

Anyway, please send your healing thoughts to Jayden Cloud.

Sundae · 10-20-2007, 02:11 PM

Very sorry to hear that Cloud. I hope the antibiotics clear it up quick-smart.

I assume she is at poorly enough that the hospital doesn't phase her - by the time she starts perking up she should be used to the routine.

Best wishes to you & family.

Clodfobble · 10-20-2007, 02:20 PM

Hope she starts feeling better soon, Cloud. Keep us updated!

DanaC · 10-20-2007, 04:15 PM

Oh poor babes

I hope she's well very soon.

lookout123 · 10-20-2007, 04:24 PM

oh, our thoughts are with you and yours. there have been reports of a string of staph infections popping up in ari-ma-zona.

Griff · 10-20-2007, 07:19 PM

Wow Cloud, I'm sorry. Sending positive thoughts your way.

monster · 10-20-2007, 07:36 PM

Staph breakout here too. best wishes

monster · 10-20-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

poorly

[ot] ha! there's another brit word that you don't realise is one until you've been here a while. They always say "sick" here. When we first moved to Michigan, I just thought that it must be a particularly bad year for gastric flu because everyone was sick (to a brit, "sick" usually implies barfing, or in hospital on deathbed. Poorly means fever/infection etc.) oh yeah, Brits wouldn't say fever either, unless the temperature required medical attention (104+). For anything below that, you'd just say they "had a temperature"

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Cloud · 10-20-2007, 08:38 PM

Thanks guys. We're just waiting to see if see responds the antibiotics. It's scary, because you never know these days.

Poor little thing. They gave her morphine last night when she was admitted, before strapping her down and doing a CAT scan. She has a splint-like thing on her arm, to hold her IV'd wrist immobile.

*Monster, that was interesting. I did not know that about "poorly" and "sick."

monster · 10-20-2007, 08:57 PM

it's hard to be sick at any age, but two must be the worst. Old enough to understand what you want to say and what people are saying to you, young enough that the sicknes just knocks it out of you.

Aliantha · 10-21-2007, 07:53 AM

Poor little thing. I hope she's doing much better by the time you see this cloud.

Sundae · 10-21-2007, 09:52 AM

Another quick aside - I was amused by the Leicester term "on the sick" if someone was off work ill. Even for one day, "Sorry she's not in, she's on the sick!"

And I'd never thought about the fact we don't say fever - you're quite right. I was running a temp of 104 and was sent home from school and all Mum could do was complain that they sent me home in a taxi! I certainly didn't have a fever as far as she was concerned...

Cloud · 10-21-2007, 12:18 PM

Good news is she seems better this morning. Her temperature has stabilized, and the swelling has gone down a lot . She's still kind of out of it, but she rested well last night and woke up with a smile, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

BigV · 10-21-2007, 12:28 PM

Excellent, just wonderful!

10-21-2007, 02:24 PM

There is nothing like having young ones in the hospital, I am thinking of you and yours. Sending much love.

10-20-2007, 01:34 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Infection lands Grandbaby Cloud in hospital! My 2-year old granddaughter is in the hospital right now on IV antibiotics. Her diagnosis is cellulitis, an infection of the connective tissue in skin, which can also sink deeper into the lymph system and bloodstream, caused by staph or strep. She was sick all day Friday, laying down and not moving. She had been running a fever, but the rest of the family (Dad, and the other 3 sisters) had had a virus the week previously, so they didn't think much of it. It wasn't until late Friday night that they noticed her neck was grossly swollen (where her lymph nodes are). Anyway, please send your healing thoughts to Jayden Cloud. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-20-2007, 02:11 PM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Very sorry to hear that Cloud. I hope the antibiotics clear it up quick-smart. I assume she is at poorly enough that the hospital doesn't phase her - by the time she starts perking up she should be used to the routine. Best wishes to you & family. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-20-2007, 04:24 PM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	oh, our thoughts are with you and yours. there have been reports of a string of staph infections popping up in ari-ma-zona. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-20-2007, 07:19 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow Cloud, I'm sorry. Sending positive thoughts your way. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-20-2007, 07:36 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Staph breakout here too. best wishes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2007, 02:20 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Hope she starts feeling better soon, Cloud. Keep us updated!

10-20-2007, 04:15 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh poor babes I hope she's well very soon.

10-20-2007, 08:38 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Thanks guys. We're just waiting to see if see responds the antibiotics. It's scary, because you never know these days. Poor little thing. They gave her morphine last night when she was admitted, before strapping her down and doing a CAT scan. She has a splint-like thing on her arm, to hold her IV'd wrist immobile. Monster, that was interesting. I did not know that about "poorly" and "sick." __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"*

10-20-2007, 08:57 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	it's hard to be sick at any age, but two must be the worst. Old enough to understand what you want to say and what people are saying to you, young enough that the sicknes just knocks it out of you. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-21-2007, 07:53 AM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Poor little thing. I hope she's doing much better by the time you see this cloud. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-21-2007, 09:52 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Another quick aside - I was amused by the Leicester term "on the sick" if someone was off work ill. Even for one day, "Sorry she's not in, she's on the sick!" And I'd never thought about the fact we don't say fever - you're quite right. I was running a temp of 104 and was sent home from school and all Mum could do was complain that they sent me home in a taxi! I certainly didn't have a fever as far as she was concerned... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-21-2007, 12:18 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Good news is she seems better this morning. Her temperature has stabilized, and the swelling has gone down a lot . She's still kind of out of it, but she rested well last night and woke up with a smile, so I'm cautiously optimistic. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-21-2007, 12:28 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Excellent, just wonderful! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-21-2007, 02:24 PM	#15
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	There is nothing like having young ones in the hospital, I am thinking of you and yours. Sending much love.

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