Home for 24 hours

Anna’s blood cultures from last Thursday showed that she had a bacterial infection – staff epidermidis. It’s a common infection, found on everybody’s skin, but only causes a problem in those people who are immunocompromised i.e. Anna. She’s had it before a couple of times.

She was put on both IV antibiotics and oral antibiotics and we were in sick kids until Sunday. She seemed well enough in herself for us to be allowed home, on the basis that we would return every morning for IV antibiotics.

We came on Monday morning for her antibiotics. Anna was on good form, although also had a cough and cold developing. She was nauseous as usual. She went to school but only managed about an hour before she started to feel unwell again. She came home, went to bed, slept all afternoon and then her temperature spiked up over 38° at about 9 o’clock in the evening.

So we headed into sick kids a&e department where Anna had bloods taken and was checked over. By midnight they decided she was probably well enough to go home but gave us the option of staying in since it was so late. Anna wanted to stay in so we are still here this morning but hopefully heading home very soon. Neither if us are feeling very pleased to be back here so soon.

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