malarial saga continues

Had to take Alexi home because he was completely Cooked!

 "Cooked" is wiffy euphemism for when the little ones in serious need of a little nappy time.

Last night had been a long one.  Christy and I taking turns soothing Jeremie as he writhed in pain in his bed.  Alexi inevitably being kept up all night wondering at the novelty of what was going on. Then off to the ED in the morning because we knew this sounded like Malaria and the fever oscillations were likely to get worse.   ...Well, after 5 hrs all morning in a "boring" little room Primary Children's ED, Alexi needed to get taken home for a well deserved afternoon nap.

Blood draws are positive for Malaria. Now the waiting time for a test to tell us his parasitemia rate.  If our little Jerr exceeds a 5% parisitemia rate, then he has to stay in intensive care for at least 3 days to get the meds via IV.   A few more hours needed now before that decision is made.  We hope for under 5% score and that he can keep the nasty oral med down, because if not, were going to be spending a lot of time next week up at Primary Children's.

Not to much alarm needed with you all.  This has good prognosis for rapid recovery. But it is quite tough to see the little guy suffer so.  Hope for fast recovery for him.