On Monday morning the fever was still there and it had risen to 102. It keeps coming back every four hours. Mom made a few phone calls to San Jose she was told to get a urine test done in Cobano first. If it came back positive to come into San Jose. My mom can be real quick to want to scoop me up and take me to the city whenever I have a fever. Since we were just there the doc’s thought it could not be anything too bad. Mom and dad discussed this idea but to get a simple pee test in Cobano is not the easiest thing, and remember last year when we took the test to Cobano it was negative but I had a severe UTI that landed me in ICU for six weeks. So even though a urine test comes back clean the urine culture could be positive. My eyes look sad and I am burning hot so the decision is made we are going back in to San Jose. This time the packing was fast and furious we had to leave the house by noon to catch the 2pm ferry.
We arrived to emergency at 5pm. I did pretty good on the trip into town. Dr. Zuniga and Carman were there waiting for me. Time to catheterize me again. This time though when Carman put the hose into my bladder she pulled out green secretions. My mom nearly fainted when she saw this and asked what in the world could that be? We all know that is definitely not anything good if it is green. After Dr.Zuniga saw this he told my parents that we would not be going to any hotel that he wanted to admit me right away and get me started on a IV drip of antibiotics. WHAT????? AGAIN???? NO WAY!!!
Dra. Castro came down stairs to see me and decided to put me on two strong antibiotics. Rocephin and Gentamicina these are broad spectrum antibiotics that cover a lot of ground when it comes to bacterias. My blood test came with high numbers my C Reactive Protein came back at 65! I have never had that high of a CRP. You might wonder what is CRP test? It is a protein found in the blood and the levels rise in response to inflammation and infection. It can not however tell you where the infection is or what is but it does help the doctors know if a bacteria is lurking around. The normal CRP is less than 10! So mine was high. Carman came back in the room found a vein and we started my IV drip. Dr. Castro and Dr. Zuniga told us we would probably be here three days taking antibiotics intravenously. By the time we got upstairs and into a hospital room I was exhausted. We all were. Now it is just a waiting game to see what bacteria it is that I have and to be patient. My fever is still high, I hope I can get a good night’s sleep tonight… Sure glad we came on in to San Jose.
Love Malia xoxo