So going back to the comment made at the start of my Halloween post Ceyda was sooo tired after the Halloweeen Party. She had told me a couple of times that her mouth was sore...fast forward to early evening. By 7pm she had a fever that even with a cool bath kept rising. There is nothing more scary than this : (, yet i believe that the body has fevers for a reason, that the body is doing the job its supposed to...anyways we went to the new Childrens hospital here where she was seen in 5 mins, at that stage fever was 38.8. They were great with her and me (the overquestioning foreigner) and she was sent home 2 hrs later (we had to wait there until her fever was stable) with anti biotics for a nasty ear infection that would need antibiotics. ( another thing that confuses as there is so much about over use of anti biotics these days and this would be the first time Ceyda used them)
45 mins later at home Ceyda became very very restless crying constantly, her fever was 39.4 after a cool bath and she started throwing up...We arrived back at the ER when i think every parent in Buca takes thier child to hospital. The numbers of people stressed me the constant screams of children... i just felt so completely out of control. They again saw her immediately and the same doctor who had seen her earlier left the patient that she was looking at (boy who had a cold i guess..nothing serious) and called for the nurse from previously to come and join her.
She checked Ceyda and also did the men c body check for stiff neck etc...her temp by then was 40 + degrees the doctor said she had to give her novalign to help bring her body temp down as she was now at risk of convulsions...Koray had to go park the car and buy more injections for her. I found a quiet corner for myself as far away from the commotion as i could and sat with my naked baby sleeping fitfully in my arms and just sobbed i suddenly wanted to be somewhere where i could understand everything...where my sister could come, where i wouldnt feel so completely alone. Koray is not good with hospitals i guess he spent so much time in then as child while his mother was ill (she died from Cancer when he was 13). I know this very well, his body tenses he sweats...he looks so panicked even before we go through the doors. I understand this and give him space for this..he always tells after any hospital situation that he is so sorry he couldnt help more but the truth is that he is brilliant. We talked a long time about this after we had brought Ceyda home. The truth is that this is a block he has created cos he thinks its will make it easier in reality it only makes it worse but only for him.
My sister called while i waited for Koray and calmed me... 2 hrs later the hospital was almost empty and when Ceydas temp was much lower we were told we could go home.. i wrote a list of questions for the doctor and nurse which suprisingly (in my experience in the UK this is usually met with irriatation) they really liked and we headed home. I stayed up all night and checked her every 20mins... her temp would fall hugely --35 due to the novalgen and then spike again up to 38+ ...staying awake was easy.. Infact when koray came to take over in the morning i couldnt sleep.
Last night she slept well and i (beside her) napped as well as i could : ) she already seems so much better. Still a low grade fever but otherwise back to her chatterbox self ,Infact she has spent most of today trying to nurse me : ) mummy me nurse you...too cute : ) : ) : )
Anti biotics*** this is the one thing i found so hard along with the use of novalgen. Having the time to read about this when i stayed up all night helped me to realise that in this case she needs them, severe ear and throat infections can lead to nasty complications and will actually help her body become stronger in the long run. The whole experience gave me a whole lot of respect for Doctors...Turkish especially as this is where i live and it made me realise family is never that far away a phone call is just ask good as the real thing.
My baby is a brave bee and even thanked the doctors as she left the ER late last night. : ) : )
Well i am just making some chichen soup ( who ever wrote the book ) it really is good for the soul and will snuggle down for a nap with Ceyda soon. So to healthier days, good Doctors, dear sisters and fantastic husbands.Thankyou.
