I'm really sorry to have not been able to update this sooner! Only just back home about an hour ago, after having spent 3 nights on the children's ward at Inverness hospital! I could never get anyone to sort out the Patientline machines to be able to get online (it's disabled on the children's ward) and my husband has had his hands full looking after our 2yo and 3yo - first time away from their mummy, so didn't think to make sure he updated here! Sorry!
Anyway, Clement is now home - and aparently well! (that's the most important details!)
Here's what happened: Saturday night seemed to go OK and Clement slept. The temp was still fairly up on Sunday but not any higher than the previous night (tho thermometers seemed to be giving conflicting readings). So we just went directly to the local out of hours and got seen by a doctor there (one of the GPs from the clinic here). He assumed it might be just a virus (since there were no visible signs) but he thought he should be seen by a paediatrician, since they might be able to see something he couldn't. So he phoned the children's ward to let them know we were coming and gave us a letter so we could go straight in and be seen immediately. The 2 doctors there said they needed to do blood & urine tests since he's such a young baby to have a high temp like that and no visible signs - they assuming it was likely to be a UTI. Clement's temp had gone up to 39C by then, but it's no wonder, as the ward there was sooooooo hot! Anyway, I managed to catch a sample of his urine while holding him without a nappy on (a relief to get, since they said if I didn't get one quick enough they'd have to insert a needle into his bladder!). So next was to attempt to get a cannula into him to get blood samples and also so it would be there if IV was needed. However, the registrar tried to insert it in both hands and both feet and his arm, with no success! Afraid wee Clement and I were both crying together! He finally gave up and got his (kind & capable!) consultant to come, and he got the cannula in the first time (in his ankle) - and allowed me to bf Clement while he did it, which helped to calm him down a bit. Anyway, urine came back that evening with preliminary results to say that there were lots of white blood cells (to indicate infection) so they decided to put him on IV antibiotics until further results came back to say which oral ones would work etc. So, me and Clement were admitted to the ward (thankfully in a private room, with bed and toilet/shower for myself!). Monday they did scan on his kidneys/liver/bladder to make sure nothing was abnormal. All looked OK, though furter tests on urine did prove a positive urine infection. He did have a temp spike to 40C on Monday and was still looking quite poorly. On Tuesday though (after 2 IV infusions of antibiotics) Clement was looking quite himself - back to lovely smiles! (just a bit of upset tummy from antibiotics, which have made him a bit more restless). I had hoped to get home yesterday but the results to say which antibiotics were suitable didn't come till late yesterday and they also wanted him to have another IV dose. So, at last, this morning we got discharged! He's gone home with oral antibiotics for 5 days and then probably 4 months at least of prophylactic antibiotics while they do various tests (injecting dye into urinary system and another time to inject dye into his veins) and then to see the consultant about conclusions. Apparently it's not common for newborns to get urine infections, so they first assume that something might be not quite right inside (physically), so they do all this!
Anyway, thank you all so very much for all the kind messages! ((( hugs )))
I'm really sorry I didn't find a way to update sooner, but it's been quite chaotic - and now I'm home sick! Vomitting at 2am last night and generally feeling very ill/weak. Don't know if it's a bug picked up from hospital or food poisoning, but I'm feelng pretty rotten. Oh well - at least Clement seems to be well!