Kawasaki disease?
"Kawasaki's disease?" Dr. Williams said. Kawasaki's, what in the world is that? Why are you talking about motorcycles; we were not in an accident. How can this be happening, what does this mean for my three year old son, could this, or will this end his very young life and mine along with his. I thought it was only flu, maybe infection but this, what is this. "Why is she not saying anything?" I thought. She just stood there looking at me, that's about the time I realized that I was not asking these questions out loud. Finally I spoke “What is Kawasaki's disease?” This is that day that we found out what this would mean for our family. "It has been five days now and his fever has not stopped burning" I said to his father. I could not explain the rash that had started to develop, nor that his eyes started looking very strange. ”The nurse said I should take him in if his fever …show more content…
She also stated she needed to run some other test first to rule out some other things that could be tested for. She headed for the door but I had to ask the question; “what is Kawasaki’s disease?” “Oh, well, it’s an inflammatory disease that effects the arteries, can cause the patient to have a heart attack and can even cause death”. I felt like my heart stopped beating when she said those words. What was she saying that my son was going to die, what do you mean? I wanted to say, but I guess I did not say anything and she left the room to order the test she needed. What was going on, I could wrap my mind around what was happening and what this was. I stated watching him being so clam, only because he was feeling so