So we rode the rollercoaster in July with Annelise. Looks like we're going to take a little ride this month also. When we went to CHOP today, we noticed that Annelise's face looked a little puffy. We know she's not retaining fluids, because the rest of her body looked normal. It was just her chin/neck area that was puffed up. She seemed to be breathing very hard also. We alerted the nurse to it, and she immediately called the Nurse Practitioner. They examined Annelise and found that the right side of her chin/neck was puffy and hard. The left side was normal. She doesn't have a fever, but they think she may have an infection.....again. The protocol for this is 48 hours of antibiotics while they do cultures to see if there's an infection. So we started all of that again. They had to put an iv back in her arm (they removed it before) to give her the antibiotics. If she does have an infection, they'll continue the antibiotics for 7-10 days. If not, they stop them after 2 days. We'll have to wait and see if it is an infection until Thursday.
Right now, Annelise is cranky when she's not sleeping. She really only calmed down when I did kangaroo care with her on my chest. She's unhappy and feeling crappy! Poor baby!
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