Whoops!

(This is probably one of those read-before-you-read-outloud-to-the-youngins post)

:)

So, in my quest for trying to figure out why
14 days of amoxicillin
7 days of septra
10 days of keflex
and 4 days of augmentin
and a partridge in a pear tree haven't beat this infection and fevers (not to mention the surgery!)

(if only someone would tell me to STOP, i'm so tired of this!)

i called to get his pre-op labs (post abscess, pre surgery)... wondering if his white blood cell count was in the toilet... it is not!

Nurse: His WBC is actually not low, it's 15.7!

Me: HOLY CRAP! (oops!) Wait, what'd you say?

Nurse: 15.7  That's really high, especially for him.

Me: No kidding!

Whoowhee!  His pre May surgery WBC was 3.1.. terribly, pathetically low.  (Normal is 6-17).  Your white blood cell count should go up with infection and trauma.  So, even after that big surgery it was only 6-8.  So you can probably see why i'd be surprised.  So, that's not the problem.

His hemoglobin is low. it's 9.1 and it should be 11.5-13.5.  He's almost always on the low side, but that's low for him!  That explains why he's pale and tired... (well, the fever doesn't help that...)

So, a day in the life...  No more answers, but at least he's been fever free for 10 hours, which is the longest since Saturday. The Ped wants to see the fevers gone by tomorrow, so here's hoping.