Re: Advice needed, ASAP (kid = sick)


"A & L Lane" <lonewoodbutnotreal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Me Myself and I" <reallyfakeemailaddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ohh I sympathise too. My DD2 has had an ear infection for 4 weeks now
and
the antibiotics are slowly starting to work. I think if DS is sleeping
then
leave him, dose him with Pamol/Tynol every 4 hours and tomorrow or Sunday
if
he shows no sign of improvement then take him in. The last time I rushed
DD2 over to our nearest A&E (it was a Sunday so here in NZ we have to do
this) and the doctor there said that they are starting to encourage
people
to wait 3 days with a suspected ear infection because more and more often
it
seems they can sort themselves out. For me personally I tend to take my
children in because they have temps of 39 or 40 that I cannot lower, and
not
so much because they have sore ears. Obviously I don't want them to be
in
pain and I want to treat the infection but temperature tends to be first
on
the list for me. If they are still miserable after a day or so then I
take
them back in.

Take care

--
Pip

My girls :
DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - 21 March 02 -
"I'm a big girl cause I go to school kindy"

DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - 3 Feb 05 -
Took her first steps on her 1st Birthday.

"Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!"


Hope the OP can sort this one out but I would forget the wedding and
concentrate on the sick kid.

I would like to take you home with me... ;) lol Just one person on my side
would be nice.
I don't even want to go to this wedding anymore (reasons unrelated) but DS
slept the night through - he woke up and came in my room, and when I looked
at the clock, it was like 415am - he did not complain of pain at all, just
came to ask if it was time to get up!
Went back to bed on his own, then at about 730ish, I heard him rummaging
around and then the TV turns on, and so I went back to sleep with half an
ear open until DD woke up around 830.
He has yet to complain, but I just might call MIL and say sorry, we're not
going to make it to the hillbilly shakedown as I have a sick kid to deal
with and don't want to risk him not feeling good far out of the city.

However, in regard to waiting 3 days to see if
it would go away by itself, the one time I did this for DS1 who suffered
from frequent infections, he ended up in extreme pain with some blood
coming
from the ear. To see him scream in pain like that was heart wrenching and
he
only got some sleep after the eardrum ruptured and relieved the pressure.
I
only decided to wait after reading this information also and having
experienced little sympathy from the hospital A&E staff in the past
because
none of our local doctors work after hours or on weekends, I figured it
would be ok to wait until Monday morning when I could see our own doctor.
Bad idea in this particular case although each one is different - he did
have other infections which were handled ok with Panadol and we would
manage
to cope until our own doctor was available. Thank God, he has grown out
of
ear infections because they are no fun for anyone.

Good luck to the OP - hope you manage all right. Back to lurking :-)

cheers
Leah
(lurker and Mum to two boys 9 and 4)




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