Our youngest got a fever when she was 10 days old. It was 101 and we were sent to the hospital. She was tested for everything under the sun. Had spinal tap, chest x-rays, mucous tested. And she was admitted for 2 days while her tests cultured and she was given a course of antibiotics. She wound up just having the flu, but in babies so young (under 6 wks) they won't take any chances.
I was really upset because I had a homebirth with her, did everything I could to be healthy and have her be healthy and she wound up hospitalized at 10 days old. It felt very wrong to have her hooked up to machines and given antibiotics, but if it did turn out to be menengitis, it's a good thing we took her in. Thank God it wasn't, but you never know. Better to be safe than sorry sometimes.
Good luck! I hope your baby is ok and doesn't need hospitalization.
I was really upset because I had a homebirth with her, did everything I could to be healthy and have her be healthy and she wound up hospitalized at 10 days old. It felt very wrong to have her hooked up to machines and given antibiotics, but if it did turn out to be menengitis, it's a good thing we took her in. Thank God it wasn't, but you never know. Better to be safe than sorry sometimes.
Good luck! I hope your baby is ok and doesn't need hospitalization.
