Baby C In IV Line Again

It’s really sad that I have to post this again. This post seems to appear in my blogs every month. Yesterday, we were at the ER of SJMC the whole night and only left at 11ish pm.

Baby C’s pee has been smelling foul on and off for the past 1.5 weeks but our doctor asked us to leave it as she does not want to give her too much antibiotics. The smart bacteria in the pee seems to be resistant to all the antibiotics now and though she’s being treated with antibiotics at the onset of a UTI, the bacteria will proliferate again in a few weeks’ time.

However, baby’s pee smelled foul again yesterday and she’s been getting discharge that looks yellowish and in clumps. Her labia is also really sore and red. These are all the classic symptoms that’s displayed in baby each time she gets a UTI. Not wanting to wait any further (coz in my past experience, waiting will only give the bacteria a chance to proliferate further, and I was worried that the bacteria will go up to her kidney), we sent her to the ER of SJMC.

The hubs dropped me with baby along with our maid at the ER while he brought our 2 older gals to a nearby Japanese restaurant for supper. He didn’t want to bring Aly and Sher down coz the ER is a place with the most germs as there are always many sickly people there. The ER is the least pleasant place to be stuck in. Anyway, we waited for more than an hour before being attended to by a MO.

Since baby’s case is a really complicated case where our nephrologist is the best person to give her treatment, the MO had to call our nephrologist for advice.  My worst nightmare came true.  Our doctor recommended 5 doses of Rocephine jabs again.

I pleaded the nurse and MO to let me carry baby whilst the jab was being administered but my plea was turned down coz their excuse (which was told to me rather bluntly) was ‘our procedure is you cannot carry your baby, you have to put your baby on the bed so that we can wrap her up tightly in a blanket’. I was really disappointed and angry with their inhumane reply.

When the nurse was preparing the jab to be administered on baby, she realized that the quantity of the meds was too much to be administered via IM (intra-muscular) coz it would hurt VERY MUCH and would cause the injection site to be extremely painful and swollen. The vial of meds was really huge to be administered through IM. What’s more, baby needs to be jabbed for 5 days! The MO then told us that it’s best to fix an IV line on baby’s hand so that she only has to suffer once instead of 5 times. I told the MO that it’s going to be very tough to find a vein coz previously, our paed failed many times to find a vein in her hands and legs and on one of the occasions, she was poked and pricked 7 times only to be told that he could not find a vein. Anyway, last night baby was poked twice. The first poke was unsuccessful and the MO had to try on another spot on the same hand. I was hugging baby’s head tightly and my maid held her legs down. The paralyzing fear on baby’s face was enough to shatter my heart to pieces…. and her loud cries and screams would break any mother’s heart and soul. Though the ER was cold, baby was sweating profusely in pain and fear. Her cries were so loud that many patients were peeping through the curtain of the cubicle to see what’s going on with my baby.

Baby was so tired from her cries that she slept in the car on our way home. But when she was home, she was all smiles again… see how brave my little trooper is.  The whole of last night, she woke up fussing and whining.  I think she must have felt really uncomfortable and in pain too with the IV line on her right hand and have both her hands being bandaged tightly.

Baby smiling again when she was back home, in her bed. She now has a phobia of hospital beds. The second she’s placed on a hospital bed or a weighing machine or left uncarried by me each time she’s in the hospital would send her screaming and crying on top of her voice.

I have to wrap baby’s hands in plastic bag before her bath. The IV line is on her right hand. The left hand was also bandaged to prevent baby from fidgeting and meddling with the IV line on her right hand.  My poor baby now can’t play with her toys with both her hands bandaged.  But she’s still trying to crawl and cruise on the bed.  Looks like for the next 4 days, I’m going to be very busy carrying baby.  She will surely fuss and get crabby coz she will be bored to the core with both her hands bandaged.

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32 Responses

  1. sigh….so sad to read about baby c’s traumatic experience. she’s really a brave little girl.

  2. lemonjude says:

    Hopefully before CNY come, when the 5 doses done…she will recover from it…understand the pain and traumatise is so hard to bear…but you must be strong for baby C…

  3. SO sad as I read the post. Baby C is a tough little girl.

    You take care too.

  4. Linda says:

    Very painful to see such a little baby has to go through everything. Hopefully she will recover soon. Good Luck baby C.

  5. mott says:

    aiyo..my heart really broke to hear this news.

    I sincerely wish that it will only get better IF the surgery takes place. Or else, it will go on and you will really really pensan! Poor poor baby C. My heart goes out to her.

  6. Irene says:

    sigh, pray for bb cass to get well soonest. really heart aching to read about all tiz 🙁

  7. Charmaine says:

    Sorry to hear about Baby C. My heart aches to see a little infant going through all this. Take care, Shireen….

  8. Hi, first time to leave my reply but I do drop by everyday to read your blog…very heart pain to read what had happened to Baby C…. Pls be strong for her! My prayers are with you and Baby C!

  9. sarah says:

    I feel so very sad reading about poor baby’s trauma! Be strong and I pray that God heals baby’s UTI ASAP..

  10. Merryn says:

    oh poor girl… my heart feels heavy as i read this post.. i know it is heart-breaking for any mother to see her child go thru all these pain.. you have to be strong for baby C… we are all here to support u emotionally… ur hubby has to be strong for you.. it is all a chain reaction here.. take care…

  11. Pauline says:

    Shireen and Baby C,

    Many hugs to both of you. I really pray for Baby C early recovery.

  12. Chris says:

    So sorry to see that baby C has had to got to the ER again. It’s amazing she is such a resilient little girl! I hope the 5 days go by quickly for her (and you!).
    Just a thought, since both hands have to be wrapped up, maybe let her “finger paint” with the plastic bags on, or have her do stuff like banging on pots/pans/drums. Poor kid must be so bored!

  13. a&a'smom says:

    I wish I cld give u a big hug! It’s indeed so sad to go tru all this so many times. I went tru it with Abj but not so bad as after his circumsition at 7 mths he was ok & no more UTI.

    wILL PRAY FOR ALL OF U.

  14. grace says:

    Hi, i feel tears coming up when i read about baby c’s ordeal. I myself was at the emergency room at SJMC last saturday becos of some complication in my pregnancy. It’s very traumatic even for me, and i cannot imagine how you and baby C must be feeling.

    All the best, and i pray that she’ll get better soon.

  15. jacss says:

    this is really SAD….poor baby & i really symphatise you mummy!! we all can certainly relate to how heart wrenching you were seeing yr precious little baby went thru such pains & traumas !!
    hopefully god ended this pain soonest possible,
    may god bless you & baby C!!

  16. Rina says:

    Pool gal having to go through such an ordeal so young. Take care

  17. vickylow says:

    Hopefully she recover soon and enjoy her 1st CNY celebration.

  18. shireen says:

    Thanks EVERYONE for all your prayers, kind words and words of encouragement. I am indeed moved!

  19. Eva says:

    U are really a brave mummy if for me Im sure will cry whenever I see my bb so suffer. Take care my dear ! Im sure bb C able to go thru this.

  20. Big Pumpkin says:

    Oh….I feel so deeply for your poor precious!!! Lots of prayers that her suffering will be over as soon as possible. It is terrifying for a baby when they get put onto something they are already scared of over and over again. When Tee was hospitalised before, it was the same thing. She was 14 months and hated the sight of hospitals. Thank goodness, she has grown out of it. Just imagine, as adults, if we were scared of snakes and someone kept bringing the damn snake to us!!! Baby C, I really hope you get better soon 🙂

  21. chanelwong says:

    I am soo sad to hear this…but then she is such a cute n brave girl..still can put the sweetest smile even though she is suffering…

    Girl…get well soon yar…

  22. alicia says:

    poor bb C.. i can understand how u feel, wen i read the post, my heart was in pain as well, im sure u were hurt at least 10x more… stay strong, bb c needs u

  23. wen says:

    i think she is a very brave darling. God bless her. shireen, just another 4 more days and baby C can have a happy chinese new year..

  24. mumsgather says:

    Poor Poor Baby C. I feel so angry when I read what you wrote about the MO on your other blog. Really!

  25. my heart goes out to her…pray its the LAST time it will ever happen and blast those pesky germs away from her for good.

  26. Alice says:

    Hi Shireen, I’m not sure will this help Baby C. I have been following your blog about her condition on UTI. My SIL’s son had UTI since he was born. On anti-biotics for 6 months of his life. One of the Pediac suggested that since anti-biotics doesn’t help. They went for “Sunat” and I have read that this is the last resort. Surprisingly, the UTI went off after “Sunat”. Now, he is 18mths old and everything is fine with him now. Hope this helps!

  27. shireen says:

    Alice…. sunat is circumcision and that’s only for boys! I know, circumcision will help in preventing UTIs in some boys. Thanks anyway for the info 🙂

  28. chinnee says:

    oh dear, when is all this gonna end? she is really one tough lil cookie!

  29. Paik Ling says:

    I really couldn’t help but cry at work. I really wished there was just SOMETHING that I could do to ease baby C’s pain. She is a tough little gal who will definitely live to tell her story to her grandchildren. Meanwhile to the Mummy, I can only tell you that I understand what’s it’s like being in ER and how painful it is to listen to your child cry. It’s tough to be strong but take heed that God is watching over you all. Nothing happens without a reason. God bless!

  30. shireen says:

    Paik Ling… your comment made my eyes teary too! Thanks for the kind words.

  31. physiomom says:

    so sori 4 u & baby Cassandra. Pray & hope for sunshine & better recovery for her real soon with a great new yr with no more such trauma for her & mommy. Happy new yr & gong si fa cai to u & family!

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