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Originally posted by PersianKitty
My youngest had spinal meningitus and a staph infection in his spinal column before he ever left the hospital. He was poked and proded, spinal taps, injections, etc.. like crazy the first 20 days of his life. Newborns don't have many viable veins so they put IVs in the scalp and the foot before trying other places. The injections they gave him when they didn't have an IV going were in his thighs. They told me he might have problems with the development of the muscles because of it.
Because of the whole thing (I think at least) whenever he gets a fever it's very high...104, etc.. When he was 18 months old, I picked him up from day care and he was literally broiling. Called the pediatritian and they kept the office open waiting for me. They were afraid he had spinal meningitus again. They told me they had to do a spinal tap again. They can't use any anesthetic when they do them. My 6'4", 240lb husband (at the time) along with a couple of other people had to physically remove me from the room after they started. I don't know whose cries where louder..his or mine. Thankfully he didn't have a recurrence.
This kid to this day has a total aversion to needles. When he broke his jaw in a car accident at the age of 4..they needed to start an IV in the ER. It took 4 people to hold him down enough to get the IV started. I knew they had to do it and he fought like it was for his life. When they had to redo the IV a day later, they sent this huge orderly into his hospital room. The guy talked to him for a bit and then cradle my son closed to him and laid down on the bed on top of him. He struggled and screeched. When they were done and the guy let him go, James glared at him and as clear as any adult he said "I hate you" .
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OMG OMFG I would of died plain and simple there is nothing I can say on this but OMFG that is some scary stuff PK I have been lucky that none of my kids have had to go through anything like this. IF they are anything like I was growing up IM SCREWED and I just hope I c an have the strength to handle it.
TOM