Well for the umpteenth week in a row, someone in the Schierer family has been in the hospital. Everybody is home now and “ok”, but it’s never fun to go to the hospital. For the last three nights K has been having uncontrollable shivers/chills followed by a spiking fever. The shivering lasts maybe 30-60 minutes, with the fever lasting only a couple of hours. I’ll spare you with the story of the various calls and visits with the different on call doctors over the last few days. The bottom line is that K’s fever spiked at over 102 and we took her to the emergency room on the suggestion of the on-call doctor from her ob-gyn office. After a sonogram and some other examinations, they decided that it is probably minor/early mastitis and prescribed some antibiotics.
For those who haven’t been keeping up, the hospital tally is as follows:
- 31 May: K to emergency room for fever/mastitis
- 23-26 May: K (and N) for N’s delivery
- 16-17 May: K admitted for gestational hypertension
- 11 May: K sonogram for amniotic fluid levels (didn’t actually get admitted, so maybe this doesn’t count, but we fully expected she would be admitted)
- 3-6 May: C surgery for a collapsed lung
- 25-26 April: K admitted for suspected gestational hypertension
- 1 April: K admitted for Braxton Hicks contractions (suspected pre-term labor)
June 1st, 2007 at 7:28 am
I stopped by to check for more pictures, saw the headline, and my heart raced. Then, I felt relief that the problem was on the minor end (comparatively). Prayers are with you for the end of the hospital trend!
June 1st, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Seriously;Knock it off Schierers and get healthy! Just checking in to see how things are going. The Horns are thinking of ya
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
You guys have to stop helping the medical profession exist!
All of you get better SOON!