Poorly toddler

[jopsy]

Lily was off colour on Tuesday evening-so dh slept on a spare bed in her room-we gave her medicine, most unheard of.
Yesterday evening we ended up ringing nhs direct 6 times; they were useless, that's being polite.
So much so we ended up waiting over an hr for an on call doctor to ring, I lost my rag and we bundled her in the car and went to A and E in Torquay.
They were better, they took blood, gave her an x-ray, brought her very high temp down with medicine and we had to stay the night for her to be monitored. I had the lumpy pull out bed, dh went home so one of us would be fit for today. We didnt get to bed until 3 this morning.
We left just before 1 today with antibiotics; but tonight she's still not herself and i think i'll sleep in her room tonight.
The hosp didn't tell us why they were doing what they were doing, they couldn't tell us what was wrong with her-she has a very mild chest infection but this wouldn't account for the v high temp
I just want her to be better

Parentings not easy is it

[suci07]

It really is horrible when a child is sick,specially when they are so young.I hope she is feeling better soon.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Jopsy, i'm so sorry to hear that Lily is feeling so unwell.
Hope she is soon back fighting fit again.
When they are like that you would give anything to have them back well again, and that includes the naughty bits.

Please keep us updated.

[Jenny Green]

I'm very sorry to hear that Jopsy.
I had a similar experience with ds2 when he was 5 months. A very high temperature that nothing could touch. They took an x-ray to see if his lungs were infected. They took a bone marrow sample too - something I never want to experience again. We ended up spending 3 nights in hospital and they could never tell us what was the matter.
I should think they were doing all the tests to rule out meningitis, but didn't want to worry you unnecessarily, so didn't explain much. I'm sure the antibiotics will do the trick and she'll be right as rain in a couple of days.

[jopsy]

thanks all
she was up a few times last night, so dh went to sleep in her room again
i embarassingly slept thru it
she seems much perkier this morning

[Malk]

Glad to hear she's a bit better. Hopefully it's just a blip and she'll feel her bright self soon.

Sorry that NHS 24 was no help, they've been great with me when I've rung with first time Mum worries, though they've probably sent me unnecessarily to the on call doc just to be sure, but that's reassuring.

Nugget has brought yet another cold home from nursery so he's coughing and spluttering and his Dad is complaining that he's got it as well.

It's all fun and games isn't it?

[oldherbaceous]

Just to lower the tone a little, wait until they get upset stomachs.

So glad Lily seems to be on the mend Jopsy.

Sounds as if us Dads aren't that bad at looking after kids after all.

[Malk]

Nugget's Dad is smashing, but he does have the annoying habit of being able to sleep through almost any noise Nugget makes. While I suffer from insomnia so once I'm up, I'm up.

Nugget's taken to playing in the middle of the night which is a tad annoying. He doesn't want me or to be fed, just wants to have a chat with his toys. Hopefully this will be a short phase.

OH, I don't even want to imagine tummy bugs.

[lizzie]

I'm sure little Lily will be fine in a few days time.

I had this with my eldest, Sian when she was 9 months old. We spent 4 days in hospital. She had a high temperature which turned into a febrile convulsion. It happend so fast, within 5 minutes. She went blue and I phoned an ambulance. Alder Hey were brilliant. She was admitted straight away, had a lumber punture ( never, ever want to see that again) and some iv antibiotics.

Turned out it was a simple cold. NHS Direct have been mearly adequate. If the kids temperatures wouldn't go down, i used to take them straight to A&E, wouldn't bother with a GP or anything. Best to be safe.

Give Lily a great big cuddle of her Auntie Lizzie, she'll soon be ripping up the flowers

[Compo]

I remember when I was a welfare officer for the Navy Jopsy, if you think about it Sailors have a large amount of children compared to the rest of the population cos they are all under 40.

I had to inform Naval Personnel of their children's hospital admissions and outcomes and then decide with my boss and the commanding officer on compassionate leave.

The point is coming Jopsy I promise!!!

There were dozens of 'query meningitis cases' all of which turned out to be non diagnosed infections, all of which usually cleared up. I think it is just the issues of it being a small child with a very high temperature. One day my eleven year old son will find out that his Dad still checks he is breathing and well when I got to bed round about 11 and in the morning if I am up early and he is lying in. I think we never stop really do we??

I am just glad she is on the mend and have got two great parents behind her, a good doctor will always say that you can never be too careful with kids and I agree.

Sorry about NHS direct.

[Tigger]

Make sure you complain about NHS Direct Jopsy. That will certainly help to change things for others.

[jopsy]

thank you
she is def back to normal now
i will post nhs direct a letter and hopefully it will help others
dh works in docs surgeries a lot so he can tell them too!
hugs to all me n pegs xx

[jane E]

The worst time with a child is when they are tiny and their immune system is immature and they pick up all the bugs. I had 5 little ones under 7 and the bugs would mutate as they went round them and start off again as something different!! I avoided places where bugs were prevalent like clinics, doctors's waiting rooms, mums and tots etc etc. You will find that each child has a different weakness. Some will get stomache upsets; some high temperatures; some a continual runny nose and your child's weakness will become familiar to you so that dealing with it gets easier as they get older and you get more experienced. It helps if you have a good doctor who will take the time to explain basic nursing care, and the points at which to seek expert advice. We moved to excellent doctors, one of whom explained to me blow by blow how to stop my daughter being sick, and saved my needing to go to her for countless stomache upsets afterwards. On another occasion the doctor bundled my other daughter into the back of his car and had her down to A&E within minutes.Good doctors are worth their weight in gold.

[lizzie]

That's true Jane E

When Sian is ill she stops talking (she's not stopped talking since the age of 2) and Andrew stops eating (he needs topping up with fruit etc every half hour normally)

You get to know your own child and a mums instinct is spot on.

Good doctors too are fabulous and in plentiful supply, it's the pen pushers that cause the problems.

So pleased that Lily is back to her gorgeous, loveable, huggable self

[Malk]

Compo, I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes in and checks on their little one before they go to bed. Not so much to check if he's still breathing, though I do that as well, but just to see him.

Jane - Can't imagine having five kids, though I'd like that many. Nugget was fine until we took him to nursery, now he's had one cold or another for the past three months. Everyone tells me it's good for him, builds up his immune system, but I hate seeing him coughing his little lungs up all the time.

Jopsy, do complain about NHS24, it's the only way they'll improve if they have formal complaints to respond to.