On June 19th, five days after we returned home from the hospital for the G-tube, Garak was a little feisty and pulled his G-Tube out. The pediatric surgeons told us that this was a possibility, but said very rarely does this ever happen. Even more rare, was the balloon inside his stomach was fully inflated, so not only did the button come out, the 4ml balloon also came out. We took him to Primary Children's ER where they had to replace the tube. Because the tube had only been in for a week they had to x-ray the positioning of the tube to make sure the balloon was actually inside the stomach and not between the stomach and his outer wall.
While in the ER, we also brought up Garak's fever situation. Since Sunday, June17th his fever stayed between 102.8° and 103.6°. They drew his blood twice to do tests, but unfortunately the blood kept clotting so they were not able to do all the tests they wanted to. They were able to pull a CRP test to measure inflammation which tells them if he has some type of infection, but this test came back normal. Since the CRP test came back normal they felt comfortable to let us leave.
Two days later on June 21st, Garak had a temperature of 104.8°. At this point I felt like something was wrong, so I took him into his pediatrician. His pediatrician looked him over, and despite the high fever felt that he looked good. He diagnosed him with have Roseola (aka sixth disease). This is a viral illness in young kids, most commonly affecting those between 6 months and 2 years old. It usually is accompanied by several days of high fever, followed by a rash. At this point he did not have a rash, but that was the best conclusion they could come up with at this point. Knowing what I know now, I should have pushed for some testing and more answers, but thinking doctors know what they are doing (which I've now know most do not) I left the office.
While in the ER, we also brought up Garak's fever situation. Since Sunday, June17th his fever stayed between 102.8° and 103.6°. They drew his blood twice to do tests, but unfortunately the blood kept clotting so they were not able to do all the tests they wanted to. They were able to pull a CRP test to measure inflammation which tells them if he has some type of infection, but this test came back normal. Since the CRP test came back normal they felt comfortable to let us leave.
Two days later on June 21st, Garak had a temperature of 104.8°. At this point I felt like something was wrong, so I took him into his pediatrician. His pediatrician looked him over, and despite the high fever felt that he looked good. He diagnosed him with have Roseola (aka sixth disease). This is a viral illness in young kids, most commonly affecting those between 6 months and 2 years old. It usually is accompanied by several days of high fever, followed by a rash. At this point he did not have a rash, but that was the best conclusion they could come up with at this point. Knowing what I know now, I should have pushed for some testing and more answers, but thinking doctors know what they are doing (which I've now know most do not) I left the office.
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