Uugh!

Looks like Daddy put up a post while I was typing this one. Sorry for any duplication of information.

Rebekah had another rough night. She threw up several times overnight and this morning. She continues to have diarrhea and now seems to have a sore bottom from it. The diaper cream wasn't quite getting spread far enough. Uugh!

The stool sample we sent Tuesday came back positive for Clostridium Difficile (C.Dif) which is a bacteria that we all carry with us but will sometimes get out of hand. Dr. Norwood said it is pretty common for kids to get it. It will be treated with a different antibiotic. We will drop one of the two antibiotics she has been getting (since she hasn't shown positive for any skin type infection) and start this one up. And probably have to go home with this one - when we eventually go home.

They put a "Contact Precaution" sign up on her door because this is highly contagious, so everyone needs gloves and possibly gowns. Doc said it would be a bad idea to have Sarah come visit. Uugh! Mom and Dad are missing her, as is Rebekah. Mom is wondering if she has gotten it, since she was having issues last night. If the issues continue, Mom may get treated, too.

The C.Dif can easily explain the diarrhea and the fever and could contribute to the vomitting.

Her white blood count is still nothing, so she is still in isolation and needs all the help she can get fighting the infection. Doc comments today were that she might get to go home Saturday. As always, one day at a time...

She just had another fever (38.7 C or 101.7 F) and we have to be fever free for at least 24 hours to go home. Not that we would go home tomorrow anyway.

She doesn't look like she's feeling too well and wants to be in mom's arms or have mommy laying down with her much of the time.