Poor baby! I know as a parent, I don't want to send baby to stay at the hospital, because it is uncomfortable for the baby and very inconvenient for the parent. But the most importa ...
Katrina was hospitalized for 11 days total because of a lymph node infection. We don't know how she contracted it, but the lymph node on her neck was swollen. We tried 2 different oral antibiotics and give her injection everyday (need to go the hospital) but still no improvement. We sent her to the hospital for Intravenous antibiotics that is administered several times a day. As a baby's veins are very thin, it was so difficult to stick the intravenous line inside her. It took several tries and lots of tears (both Katrina's and mine!) before it got in. But after 1 day, it was bent and we had to insert another one. Totally, both her hands and both her feet had an intravenous line attached during her hospital confinement!
At that time, it was such a nightmare for me and my c6. As the lump matured, it increased in size, to the size of a chicken egg! We almost had to do surgery. Fortunately, our pediatrician recommended a good surgeon to us, Dr. Peter Yip. He is a Specialist in Pediatric Surgery. He said we can try to use another method, needle aspiration, to take out the pus inside the lump, but we need to do it several times to ensure all the pus is gone. We finally did this for 3 times, and together with the antibiotics, she finally recovered!
We discovered later, from testing the pus that came out, that the bacteria is ***.
Anyway, I'm so glad that it's over now! I had my support from BK mamies, my family and friends and also, from God. I am a Christian and I felt so helpless so I prayed all the time for Katrina's recovery.
So Pinkpig2007, don't worry, it looks like your B is on her way to recovery. By the way, how is she today?
Katrina was hospitalized for 11 days total because of a lymph node infection. We don't know how she contracted it, but the lymph node on her neck was swollen. We tried 2 different o ...