/sigh

[shmike95]

Well, ended up taking Anathea to the hospital tonight/this morning. She wasn't keeping anything down but was obsessively begging for water and/or juice. So I called the pediatrician who advised a ride to the ER

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[ribbitsmum]

Aww, hope she's feeling better soon (and you and Mrs. Shmike get some sleep).

One thing I remember from kidlet being very little was the doctor having us give her a tablespoon of fruit punch every 15 minutes until she could keep it down. Not sure why, but it works (sometimes it does take a few hours). I still use that trick with her now, and she's adult person size.

[mdrnprometheus]

That's exactly what I was going to recommend -- if she's hurling up liquids, try frequent small sips of PediaLyte. This is the classic trick they teach us on the peds rotation.

[shmike95]

That was the original advice when we called her doc around 7:30. It was clear that whatever we were giving her was coming back up within 30 minutes. We were giving her a teaspoon of half gatorade and half water every 5 minutes. It was consistently coming back up

[rebeccavich]

From your post, I was worried that you guys might have to take her in to get some liquids into her, but I didn't want to say so and worry you. I'm sorry it was such an eventful night but I'm glad you guys got the care that you needed, and I personally don't care whether you were taking up someone else's bed or not, and if I were you, I wouldn't waste your energy on thinking about that either. Go get some sleep and then wake up and play with your little girl who's on the mend. *hug*

[metallian]

Yikes, well I'm glad it wasn't anything more serious than that. Still a pretty wild ride, though. :(