Why Jess's Garden


As I think about it now, I chose the name because I garden to create a space that I want to share with my family.
This blog has now evovled to be a discussion about how I'm attempting to create a personal and physical home for my family.
Creating a garden is a key part of that process, but it is not the only part, so I feel the different parts of this blog are all congruent to the same goal.

Thursday 17 April 2008

Sick baby

Things have been a bit crazy here. 3 to 4 weeks ago Saana started to get cranky and crying lots. At first we thought it was just 3 week crying as we had been told by lots of people that babies change at 3 weeks. Then we thought it was colic, tried all the treatments suggested, even went to an osteopath.
It was the osteopath who insisted that we go to the doctors, he even rang my GP and got us an emergency appointment.
The GP thought everything was OK, but did a urine test as a precautionary method. The test came back sort of positive so we did 2nd test. That came back positive and last friday Saana ended up in hospital to have antibiotics through an IV. She was in hospital until Sunday afternoon and she is now home on oral antibiotics.
She now has to have an ultrasound to see if there is anything wrong with her kidneys.
I got to stay in hospital with her which meant I could keep breastfeeding.
While she is now on the mend I would not wish our experience on anybody. We sat in emergency for most of friday and I had to hold her down so they could take blood and put in the IV while she screamed the house down. I'm hoping the worst is over and the ultrasound doesn't show any problems with her kidneys. Because if they do, she will have to have a test done with a catheter.
She is on the mend now, the only time she cries now is when the antibiotics give her a tummy ache.