Ollie is in the hospital

I'm so sorry to hear about all your bad news reinydawn. My father-in-law, who was just 67, passed away this past Saturday so I too have my share of bad news. Does your nephew's son have any other symptoms besides high fever? When I was a baby I had spinal meningitis. My mom told me that besides a high fever I couldn't move my neck, I couldn't cry, and at one point I was as white as her china plates. Here is a link that shows other symptoms as well: http://spinalmeningitis.org/' I'm not trying to scare you, but if you scroll down about halfway you will read "Meningitis is an important cause of fever in newborn children. For this reason, a lumbar puncture is often done on newborns who have a fever of uncertain origin." I sure hope this is not the case, but I thought I'd mention it because if it is bacterial meningitis it needs to be treated right away as it is life threatening.

I hope by new ollie is better and they found out what was wrong with him. I hope the dad let him stay in the hospital as long as he needed to be. Now a days they do not let anyone stay in the hospital needlessly.

Yes, that is hard. I hope that the tests are conclusive, or that they can bring the fever down. Sometimes it is so high for so long it causes what is known as febrile seizures, and then you end up with even more tests. Some times to test for meningitis they have to do a spinal tap. Hope they get some answers before that happens.

I do hope they can figure out what is wrong with you tomorrow. As for your nephew's son I wish for the same thing. When my grandson was a baby he also come down with a fever and if a baby of that age comes down with one that does mean there is a problem somewhere. I hope your nephew does not remove the child from the hospital until something is found and he is well. My grandson had mennigitis and was in there for a week and finally got well enough to come home.

I hope that your nephew's son is ok and that they find out what's wrong with his soon. I definitely hope that it isn't meningitis. I'm sure that your nephew is having a really tough time seeing his little 6 week old baby back in the hospital so soon after birth. Hopefully, they will be able to find what's wrong quickly and treat the baby so he will be ok to go home soon. I will say a prayer for him. God Bless you and your family, especially the little one.