October 8-My daughter Rachelle brought Zoe (6 weeks old) over and said she was not acting normal and should she take her to the doctor. My wife looked her over and asked how she was that day? Rachelle said she was not wanting to eat, only sleep and did a projectile vomit. She had no eye contact, and was listless- we took Zoe to the ER. They said she had a 102 fever. Did x-rays of her chest-nothing. Took blood and urine. To make a long story short-the doctor asked if he could do a spinal tap since he thought it was meningitis. The fluid was cloudy which is a good indication. :no: They started her on an antibiotic right away. We had her transported to Children's hospital in Milwaukee. Test results finally came back- she has bacterial meningitis and the strain was E-coli. She has been recovering nicely with no adverse effects of the 21 day regimen of antibiotics. Back to herself -the smiling and cooing little girl we know. :smile: They did ultrasounds of her head and said that the blood flow was very good and they wouldn't need to do an MRI until later. Well they did one yesterday (Mon.) and found that she still has some fluid on her right side. :no: They were very surprised since she has been doing so well; but didn't feel concern at this time and will be doing another MRI on Thursday to see whether there is an increase or decrease of fluid. If it is an increase it would mean surgery to release the extra fluid. Please pray that the MRI will show a decrease
I'm a grandpa-update on Zoe
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We all thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. You have just met my wife Caroline as she posted this update thread. She was surprised I didn't post what was going on with Zoe. I told her it just takes me too long to tell( TYPE )a long story. OldMiniBikes sure is a special place. Thanks again Dave
