Tracey M
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I had my baby Adam on 5th September so he's only a mere 12 days old and we have been in hospital for 5 days and will be here for at least another 14 days.
I just really want all you new mums out there to be aware what has happened cos I never knew about this - would never cross my mind.
Basically Adam was losing weight every day and was sleeping too much and not really interested in feeding. When weight loss got to 10% mark midwife referred me to neo natal unit to get 24 hour help with feeding. It was obvious something was not right but not sure what. Overnight he started getting 5 red spots on his torso, over the next day they developed into blister like appearance. The consultants (all 5 of them)|thought Adam had a bacterial infection so he was on 3 different types of anti biotic. he started to vomit and had high temperature. It looked like this was working cos the next day his bloods vame back better, temp had gone down and seems to be improving BUT the treatment we thought was working wasn't.... His bloods came back up at 70+ for infection, he was sick again and generally not well. He then developed more spots with blisters on them and doctor was convinced it was HSV-1 or HSV-2 so started immediate treatment. We finally got the lab results back from Glasgow today and it is confirmed that Adam has HSV-1. He is therefore on the right treatment programme. The lumber puncture shows that he does not have the virus in the spinal fluid which is great news. Now they know what it is they now need to re-check the blood and see if the virus is in the blood and therefore at risk to organs etc. We really hope that it is only on the skin..... The treatment course takes a minimum of 14 days so we are both in hospital for the duration. I know I should not google but I did and the mortality rate is really high so I just pray that this has been caught, diagnosed and treated in time. The doc suggests that someone must have kissed my wee boy who has a cold sore and carrying the HSV-1 virus. I have no idea who but I really wish there was more awareness out there for new mums to know that this can happen to newborn babies. We all know how many people come to visit when you have a newborn baby and really this is the worst thing that can happen! This is a potentially fatal outcome surely I'm not the only new mum out there who had no idea?? I would wrap up your babies in cotton wool and dont feel bad about saying no to people holding and kissing your little bundles of joy.
Anyway - fingers crossed the bloods come back ok and my wee Adam makes a speedy recovery
I just really want all you new mums out there to be aware what has happened cos I never knew about this - would never cross my mind.
Basically Adam was losing weight every day and was sleeping too much and not really interested in feeding. When weight loss got to 10% mark midwife referred me to neo natal unit to get 24 hour help with feeding. It was obvious something was not right but not sure what. Overnight he started getting 5 red spots on his torso, over the next day they developed into blister like appearance. The consultants (all 5 of them)|thought Adam had a bacterial infection so he was on 3 different types of anti biotic. he started to vomit and had high temperature. It looked like this was working cos the next day his bloods vame back better, temp had gone down and seems to be improving BUT the treatment we thought was working wasn't.... His bloods came back up at 70+ for infection, he was sick again and generally not well. He then developed more spots with blisters on them and doctor was convinced it was HSV-1 or HSV-2 so started immediate treatment. We finally got the lab results back from Glasgow today and it is confirmed that Adam has HSV-1. He is therefore on the right treatment programme. The lumber puncture shows that he does not have the virus in the spinal fluid which is great news. Now they know what it is they now need to re-check the blood and see if the virus is in the blood and therefore at risk to organs etc. We really hope that it is only on the skin..... The treatment course takes a minimum of 14 days so we are both in hospital for the duration. I know I should not google but I did and the mortality rate is really high so I just pray that this has been caught, diagnosed and treated in time. The doc suggests that someone must have kissed my wee boy who has a cold sore and carrying the HSV-1 virus. I have no idea who but I really wish there was more awareness out there for new mums to know that this can happen to newborn babies. We all know how many people come to visit when you have a newborn baby and really this is the worst thing that can happen! This is a potentially fatal outcome surely I'm not the only new mum out there who had no idea?? I would wrap up your babies in cotton wool and dont feel bad about saying no to people holding and kissing your little bundles of joy.
Anyway - fingers crossed the bloods come back ok and my wee Adam makes a speedy recovery
xxxx
