Finally after a week of being sick we figured out what was bothering poor Jay.....Appendicitis. On Monday when we took him to the doctor, she said "he is severely dehydrated and needs an IV. So take him to the ER and they can give him IV and run tests." She also mentioned that it might be his appendix but Cardon's Children Hospital ran no tests and gave Jay a Gatorade and sent him home. So on Thursday when he was still complaining of stomach pain the family doctor ordered blood work. The blood work showed an infection so after a CT scan we knew it was his appendix. Off we went to Phoenix Children's Hospital, because I will never go to Cardon's Children's Hospital again after our horrible experience on Monday, and his appendix and abscess came out. The appendix had ruptured and formed an abscess. Because of the abscess the pain was always on the left side not the right so it was throwing us off. Jay is doing better and we should be out of the hospital by Tuesday and he should be back to his normal self shortly there after.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
My sick boy, Jay
Finally after a week of being sick we figured out what was bothering poor Jay.....Appendicitis. On Monday when we took him to the doctor, she said "he is severely dehydrated and needs an IV. So take him to the ER and they can give him IV and run tests." She also mentioned that it might be his appendix but Cardon's Children Hospital ran no tests and gave Jay a Gatorade and sent him home. So on Thursday when he was still complaining of stomach pain the family doctor ordered blood work. The blood work showed an infection so after a CT scan we knew it was his appendix. Off we went to Phoenix Children's Hospital, because I will never go to Cardon's Children's Hospital again after our horrible experience on Monday, and his appendix and abscess came out. The appendix had ruptured and formed an abscess. Because of the abscess the pain was always on the left side not the right so it was throwing us off. Jay is doing better and we should be out of the hospital by Tuesday and he should be back to his normal self shortly there after.
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Rocko, Rocko, Rocko. That just plain sucks! I'm glad he's doing better. I hope your summer improves and that he takes his medicine without any fight :) Love ya
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you finally figured out what was wrong. It's frustrating when the "professionals" are suppose to be the ones who know and it sounds like in Jay's case they really did nothing at all. I hope he's doing better!
ReplyDeletehope you are home and jay dog is doing better - nice job on your post when i try to explain it takes me way more words :)
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