Aching Heart (part deux)

Baby is discharged today and now sleeping soundly at home.

Thank you very much for all the concerns, encouragements and caring.

To those who are following this but not aware of the comment section, I have been posting updates in the comments. Will just do a summary here anyway.

High fever Sunday morning 03:00 hours, baby rushed to Accident & Emergency department. Urine and blood sample taken, baby hospitalised.

Sunday morning, initial assessment pointed towards urinary tract infection (UTI), further test needed to identify culprit bacteria. Until then, panadol given to suppress fever.

Sunday evening, baby discharged since it's just panadol and monitoring. Been told test results won't be readied until Tuesday.

Monday 00:30 hours, high fever again. Baby vomited and shivering, rushed to Accident & Emergency department again. Baby given stronger dose of panadol and an injection to stop vomiting. Baby hospitalised.

Monday morning, test results came out a day earlier. E.coli bacteria identified as culprit for the UTI. Beginning of the appropriate treatment: 5 antibiotic injections, one per day. Baby has to be hospitalised for 5 days.

The fever subsided a couple of days after the antibiotic injection, baby less miserable so did the parents.

Friday morning 09:00 hours, doctor done his ward round and discharged baby. Thanks to the freaking craptastic efficiency of the hospital, it's at 12:30 hours that we finally left the hospital.

A month's worth of antibiotics were given and will go back for check up next Friday.