We took Rylie in to the ER over the weekend because she had a temperature over 105. It actually started on Thursday with a fever and throwing up. We just nursed her like we normally would but then Friday night the fever shot up past 105 and her poor little body felt like it was burning on the inside. We were giving her Motrin and Tylenol but it didn't seem to be helping. Not sure what was happening and not knowing what else to do and because her temperature was at a dangerous level we decided to take her in.
By the time we got there she had dropped to about 102. They checked her ears for infections, found none and wanted to take blood and urine for more tests but by then it was after 2 in the morning and the danger seemed to have passed so we decided to forgo any additional tests and left.
Her fever continued over 100 all Saturday and again escalated to about 105 Saturday night. This time we were able to bring it down with Motrin and a tepid bath but were really concerned something else was going on. The on call nurse we talked to on Sunday spoke to the on call doctor who concluded that due to her fever remaining over 100 for four days in a row we should go ahead and take her back to the ER and let them run additional tests.
That we did. They took a blood sample, urine sample and an X-ray. Let me tell you it's the most excruciating thing in the world to watch helplessly as they poke and prod your little girl and she just screams and screams. 5 or 6 hours after we arrived, we got the results: negative for everything. She most likely has a type of virus like a flu or cold and it will just need to run it's course. So keep doing what we're doing with the Motrin and Tylenol until it passes.
Is that a $600 prognosis? It sounded like they weren't certain what it was, only that they were certain it wasn't anything that they tested for. I hate answers like "probably" or "most likely." For $100/hr do you think you could find out for certain? And then make it go away?
Sorry, discussion about medical billing procedures and insurance policies can really rile me up. All the nurses were very nice and very professional and I'm grateful they can do what needs to be done and still be so uplifting during the whole thing.
We're certainly glad that it wasn't anything more serious, but this is by far the most expensive most-likely-flu we've ever had to deal with. Our insurance increased our ER deductible this year to $200 so with 2 visits plus various tests, we expect a pretty hefty bill(s) in the coming weeks.
We didn't even get any free T-shirts out of it this time.
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Sounds like that counts as Birthday 2009 and Christmas 2009. Why can't you just tell them not to get sick and have them obey you? :)
ReplyDeleteThat would be nice. Or at least only be allowed to be sick 1 time a year. It seemed like last year Daniel got sick over and over again over a 6 month time frame.
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