[tri-med] Re: BAD VIRUS- SO SICK

 thanks everyone. We came to the hospital last night. The dr said 3 days was 
enough of throwing up/no calories. i called him last night worried because he 
was throwing up still and it was yellowish with black dots in it. and his eyes 
just looked so drawn in and weird. we were doing the pedialyte at 30cc an hour 
and he was still throwing up. i knew it was time.

so here we are. we were in emergency all night, he was getting IV fluids, and 
they did x-ray to check for blockage, took bloodwork and took urine. we are 
being admitted to a room in a few minutes, i hope we will be able to go home 
later tonight or tommorow. he is sleeping, very lethargic, but his eyes look 
more normal and he looks so much better due to that. my GI had keft orders 
before we even got here as to what he wanted done and one of them was to have 
us admitted for observation etc. he was so annoyed this morning when he found 
out we were still in emergency and i am not surprised. The people here work and 
move like molasses. things are ordered and we don't see anyone for hours. i 
feel totally neglected though i guess that is how it is in american ER's.

i have heard of duocal, what a great idea to add it to pedialyte.. jason used 
to use that in his formula before he got his g-tube.

thanks
sharon


 


 

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From: Irene <67.irene@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 8:55 am
Subject: [tri-med] Re: BAD VIRUS- SO SICK










Hi!  So sorry to hear about Jason.
Caroline sometimes gets the same way.  We try to give just Pedialyte (never
her food when she is vomiting) via her feeding pump at an incredibly slow
rate - like 20cc/hr.  Her BAD vomiting usually lasts less  than a day.  A
few times it has lasted longer and I took her to the ER.  They did a quick
check and usually (actually ALWAYS) find she has an ear infection.  For some
reason, an ear infection will make her vomit like CRAZY and give her a high
fever.  If she is dehydrated they give her an IV.  They also give her a shot
of Rocephen (sp) for the infection.  They send us home with an rx for more
antibiotics, but sometimes just the shot is all she needs.  She is much
better almost within hours.   Actually, the first time this really happened
was on vacation about 3 or so years ago.  We kept thinking she was getting
better, but the fever kept resurfacing and the vomiting just wouldn't stop.
We took her to the local ER and she has massive infections in both ears.
POOR thing!  But once diagnosed, she quickly recovered.  Luckily I rarely,
if ever, get antibiotics for my kids so when they do really need them, they
work SO fast!!

Hope Jason is doing better, please give us an update when you get a chance!!
Irene

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM, <SHAMOND73@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Jason is 19 months old and has been pretty healthy this winter so far. He
> had a sore throat a few weeks ago and that was it. UNFORTUNATELY, he has a
> TERRIBLE stomach virus since Thursday evening, the first time he threw up.
> He  has
> not been able to keep anything down since then. We are now doing just
> pedialite, as he was throwing up the pedialite mixed with the pediasure.
> SInce  he
> has had no calories since thursday, he is quite lethargic, and his eyes are
> starting to look a little different. i have been in touch with the Dr's,
> and am
> following their orders. He is not dehydrated, as he has wet pampers. THis
> is
> just going on so long, i am getting worried.
>
> Anyone's kids here get a bad virus, does it last longer than the normal
> virus because our kids have weakened immune systems?? Anyone have any
> experience
> with this? anything i should know or do that the dr's are not telling me?
> When
>  should i get worried?
>
> Sharon
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