07/09/2025
Anyone with GIRLS… please read!!
“Friday morning, Kelci was with a friend and had started getting, what she thought, was car sickness. Later, she had started to run a low grade fever. By the time we got home, it was 103.
When we got to the ER, they pushed two fluid bolus to try and raise her BP. And in the mean time, Kelci had started to turn red and they decided to transfer her to St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield.
After lots of testing, 3 IVs, 1 arterial line and 1 central line and an extremely long night….we figured out what was wrong with our girl.
She had multiple organ failure. Our girl was dying. A parents worst nightmare. She had contracted Toxic Shock Syndrome, not from misuse of tampons, but because she wore one while swimming in the Lake at the Ozarks. The dirty water had absorbed through the string and the bacteria in the water caused Staph Infection, which led to the Toxic Shock Syndrome. She had also become septic (causing the shutdown).
Thank goodness her PICU Dr was able to recognize the red skin syndrome that is a sign of toxic shock.
The first night, our girl was hooked up to at least 5 antibiotics, pressers and still getting fluid bolus. The dr and 5 nurses stayed in her room from the time we got there Saturday, until 4:30am Sunday. They were wonderful!
She is still recovering, but drs say she will make a full recovery with no lasting effects to her organs or body!!”
**Shared with permission from Ashley Anthony
