<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Hi my 16 YO daughter just had a adenoidectomy done yesterday, this morning she yelled for me she could not walk her legs were pain she said severe pain, we rushed to the ER they are treating her for dehydration at this very moment, next they say it will be a spinal tap, I am going crazy worrying if my child will be ok what is going on ? what can this be?  <response>: Hello, the problem of your dafter might be an infection coming after her adenoidectomy. The fact that she can not walk and that she has pain indicates that the problem can be related with muscles, articulations or innervation. The most common is arthritis in my opinion that is an inflammation of the articulation that is very frequent in persons having infections in adenoid gland. Bacteria that are commonly found to cause septic arthritis are: Staphylococcus aureus - the most common cause in adults Streptococci - the second most common causeMicro-organisms must reach the synovial membrane of a joint. This can happen in any of the following ways: dissemination of pathogens via the blood, from abscesses or wound infections, or from an unknown focus dissemination from an acute osteomyelitis focus, dissemination from adjacent soft tissue infection, entry via penetrating trauma entry via iatrogenic means. A number of factors should increase ones suspicion of the presence of an infection. In child Chat Doctor. 5 C, non-weight-bearing, serum ABCs 12 x 109, ESR 40 mmhr, CRP 20 mgDL, a previous visit for the sameDiagnosis is by aspiration giving a turbid, non-viscous fluid, Gram stain and culture of fluid from the joint, as well as tell-tale signs in laboratory testing such as a highly elevated neutrophils approx. 90, In the joint aspirate, the typical white blood cell count in septic arthritis is over 50,000-100,000 cells per 10-6l 50,000-100,000 cellmm3Therapy is usually with intravenous antibiotics, analgesia and washoutaspiration of the joint to 