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recurring infection, fever and rash

My 10 1/2 month old daughter has been sick pretty much her whole life. 8 days after birth she was admitted with extremely elevated wbc and severe projectile diarrhea, lethargy and decreased feedings...test after test and no findings and got better after a week of iv antibiotics and fluids. She has been fine (except poorly diagnosed colic) up until 3 months ago when she got her 1st staph infection. Along with the staph she developed lethargy, high fever and a mild rash, this lasted about 3 days and she was better. A month later almost to the day, she got another staph infection, this time worse having to be lanced, the fever shot up to almost 105 and rash was bad...she stayed sick for a week and then better. Currently ( a month after the last staph) we are treating a double ear infection, the fever was reaching 104 and the rash is awful. This rash looks like a raised sunburn (she hasn't been outdoors at all due to the heat levels). She had lab work done and 13 results came back as abnormal. We are in the process of being referred to a pediatric infectious disease specialist. some of the labs that were abnormal were sgot, esr, bun, creatinine, hct, hgb just to name a few. Has anyone had a similar experience? just looking for any type of input here...i'm at my wits end with what this could be. Just by reading, it could be fifths disease, kawasaki disease, or just a very bad case of roseola...any help would be great. thanks in advance and may God bless you all!
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Sorry to say, but it sounds much more serious then that. Please follow thru with tests
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Oh my goodness I am so sorry it must be so worrying, the dear child ....I haven't had any experience of this.. others may have , I will start to do some research about it and let you know if I find anyone with similar issues in their child .stay strong, all will be well ...
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