Isaiah's Kawasaki Disease Journey

A new post is long overdue and it saddens me that this post was created in order to share news of Isaiah's second battle with Kawasaki disease.  Coincidentally, I have been working on a post entitled "Gratitude," which is much more uplifting. Despite the recent turn of events I plan on completing that  post, so it will be coming soon. I will not be going into too much detail right now. I just wanted to post a quick update for those of you who have been concerned about Isaiah this past week. Symptoms Isaiah started off with a low grade fever last week, which we assumed was just the beginning of a cold or flu. We kept him home from school, but he seemed to have lots of energy during the day and was acting very much like his normal self. He did complain of a pain in the middle of his neck, which we thought may just be a sore throat.   I took him to his pediatrician on Wednesday, but he did not note any swollen lymph nodes of redness of his throat.  He took a swab ...

After we received the diagnosis from the doctor, she explained that a treatment would be administered via an IV. At the time everything seemed very simple and the risks minimal. Little did I know what lay ahead. Diagnosis  There was a shift change and another ER doctor came to see us. She examined Isaiah again and we had to repeat the order of events all over again. As with the first doctor, she also brought in her senior to take a look at Isaiah. They took some time pointing out various symptoms to each other. They proceeded to tell us that Isaiah's symptoms were not "textbook.". He was missing some of the classic signs of Kawasaki's disease, including the red hands/feet and red whites of his eyes (conjunctivitis).  It was possible that he was an atypical Kawasaki case or that his illness was due to some sort of bacterial infection. They decided to start him on antibiotics in the event that it was in fact an infection. Blood work would need to be completed to hel...