The Eight Week Fever

[pleiades829]

So, I had been planning on updating this thing again super soon, like Thursday-ish. No, really! I was going to write about how I'm feeling like a person again, and how Kaladin is doing awesome and sleeps fairly well and eats all the time and is growing like a weed. I was waiting until Thursday because that's when his 2 month appointment is, and

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[tlew12778]

That is insane. Are you home now? Here they tell you to call if kid has a cough or fever and is under 6 weeks old. But the dr comes to your house still (for free!).

[pleiades829]

Nope, not home yet. If we're lucky, we should get to go home in about 7 hours. If we're unlucky and one of the tests doesn't come back the way it's supposed to, the doctor might recommend we stick around for another 12. :(

That sounds soooo nice. And I bet you all don't have any more dead babies than we do.

[tlew12778]

What are they saying he has? A cold?
I think that hospitals all over the world really try to milk whoever is paying them to the max. In Europe that's the govt so the govt has a lot more say in public health policy standards. In the US insurance companies dictate a lot of medical decisions. But bc parents everywhere are the most likely to sue if something goes wrong with their kid, no one really limits kids treatments. So it's a business basically.

And yes, our infant mortality rate is lower in Italy than in the US actually but that has a lot to do with healthcare demographics as well.

[pleiades829]

Since stuff has been coming back negative, they are saying it's a cold. I can't remember all the things they were checking for, but I know pneumonia, meningitis, and various infections were on the list. They're also looking for various viruses, including RSV.

The worst thing about it too is how we're trapped into it. Orion wanted to pull Kaladin out of the hospital and bring him home last night, but we were told that we'd have to sign an "Agains Medical Advice" form and that insurance might refuse to pay stuff that was already done, or would refuse to pay if he came back in because it turned out to be something genuinely serious. So we can do what the doctor says, or we can pay hundreds of dollars to do what seems more right. :(

[quartercentury]

Poor baby! Poor mama! E was admitted when she was four weeks. They didn't let me go with her for the spinal tap. It was bad. I am glad she won't remember.