So when do i take her to after hours?
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Topic: So when do i take her to after hours?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: So when do i take her to after hours?
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:28pm
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Ella is sick im guessing she has a virus.
Shes got a temp of 37.8 degrees Vomiting her food up shes done this twice today Is pale Sleepy Grizzly Just seems off I have given her a cool bath and pamol but her temp hasnt shifted. Shes rather grizzly and clearly unwell but my question is when is enough? When do i take her to the after hours? |
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:33pm
| NOW???? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:33pm
| Well i called healthline and they said to take her to the drs within 2 weeks WTF?!?! So i thought i would ask on here? |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:42pm
| Addison is pretty much the same, today she has slept pretty much constantly, only been up for an hour at the most then asleep for at least 2-3 hours a time, temp, not eating etc... and has a cough. I was thinking of taking her to the doctors but i know they will say to just give her pamol (which i have done of course) keep her cool and watch he has some bottle and wet nappies. I know they dont really do anything till the temp gets to 40 and even then its only monitoring so sorry Jess, not sure. I think Im going to give her another day (this is the 3rd day) and if she is no better tomorrow i will go to after hours. Things like this often break on the 3rd day apparently. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:47pm
| Yer ill have to get some batteries for the parent monitor she was breathing funny so i wont be able to rest if i dont have the parent monitor going. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:51pm
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personally if in doubt take them, you don't want to mess about with things like that. isn't it free for under 6yrs? even if not its worth the money for peace of mind. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:54pm
| Yer i checked on her again her temp has come down to 37.1 so ill just keep a close eye on her |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 6:21pm
| The breathing funny part would have sent me to after hours. If she gets any worse or temp jumps again, maybe it's a good idea to go. You don't want to risk anything. |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 6:24pm
As soon as Olivia got that nasty tummy virus, I took her to the Dr as soon as they opened in the AM. Just in case  ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 7:21pm
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I would have gone with a temp like that... take it easy tonight, give her a sponge bath to cool her before bed maybe, and see how she is in the morning. -------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 7:35pm
IMHO if you even have to ask then you should be there already. I learnt that the hard way when Maya was sick as a baby and I thought it was just a virus so did the fluids, cool baths etc. and when I finally took her to the docs 3 days later she had a raging chest infection and needed to go to Starship  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 7:52pm
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yep i agree with emma - better safe than sorry... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 8:12pm
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Her temp has come right back down to 36.5 and she took food before and kept it down. My mummy instinct said she was ok to be honest the only reason i asked is coz i had seen plenty of posts on here from other mums saying if their babies temp reaches so and so then they were going to the after hours. I just wanted to be sure. Ill see how she is tomorrow but shes having another nap right now.
Thanks heaps ladies. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 11:15pm
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Am with Emma. If i doubt check it out.. have had mums come into the gps practices i have worked at and thought baby was fine.. just shivering alittle. nooo aby's temp was thru the roof and the "shivers" were the starts of febrile convulsions. - worst case, but still.
Paris gets sick mega quick - sunday night was fine. monday morning woke up could hardly breathe and by 9 am was at the docs after ventolin worked brifely then she got worse - and that was it - chest infectin - no temp nothing.. she did the same with a throat infection a while ago one minute was fine, running round all good, 2 hours later, was white shivering gritting teeth hated light and spiking temp - i freaked out thinking maybe it was the start of something very sinister - but nope - just a very very sore throat infection. Am unsure if she either has a high threshold for pain and sickness - or if things just progress terribly quickly with her. it sucks. she just sits there for the first 2 days even once treatment starts - with white clamy skin and rings under her eyes. won't even go play. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 9:18am
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Thanks ladies shes TONS better today i think she had a sore tum like when you get backed up and it really freaken hurts well she did a LOVELY HUGE explosion for daddy and shes lots better today.
Im just gonna give her milk today to see how she goes  I do see another trip to the paed on her list very soon tho.
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 9:31am
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Jess, Caitlin has just had a bit of a nasty cold with similar symptoms (but with sneezing as well). Her temp came back down really quickly after I gave her Pamol and a tepid bath.
I'm with the other Mums, if you think for a second that you should be at the Emerg. Drs I would just go. They're still babies afterall and we have to be so very careful with them, anything over 37 we've been told to take Caitlin in. Hope Ella gets better soon chick  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 9:31am
Hi jess, sounds like what Joey had....  I went to the dr's twice... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 10:11am
| when i rang healthline they told me to give whatever bay it was pamol and if the temp didn't go down - then go to the doctor. if the temp went down - it could wait til morning. of course I find healthline to be crappy so not entirely sure whether i would trust their advice. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 12:51pm
Yer shes done another stinker but is keeping her food down so i would say maybe a tummy bug thats on its way out? Her temp is all good today 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 3:30pm
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glad to hear it...
next time - GO!!! 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 5:01pm
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haha yer i was following my mummy instinct but like said previously wasnt to sure about the whole temp thing. I was appauled with the take her to the drs within the next 2 weeks comment from the nurse from the healthcare line
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 5:32pm
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Jess we had some dud advice from the healthcare line and my plunket nurse said to always call the Plunket line up to midnight. It is a different service. Just can't find the number at the so I'm not being that helpful really, sorry ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 5:36pm
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0800 933 922 ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 03 February 2007 at 7:07pm
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Thnx emma, handy to know for myself too as the health line magnet is on the fridge bvut can't find plunketline anywhere ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 04 February 2007 at 11:29am
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I always doubt my Mummy instinct because a couple of times people have commented on bubs feeling hot and I've said no, no they're fine, and it turned out they had a huge fever!
Now I always want to rush off to the doc at the first sign of illness. I've found with the after hours places up here though, that if we take them in with 'normal viral symptoms' (irritable, fever under 38.5, not taking food or vomiting..) they will diagnose a virus and suggest all of the things you did with Ella, Jess, and tell us to come back if anything changes. I still insist on taking them though, because I am too scared of having missed something and it turning out to be something really bad. Glad to hear Ella is on the mend now! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 04 February 2007 at 3:57pm
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Well she had a scream at 5am this morning from a really sore tummy she was farting like a trooper so i pushed her knees to her tum and she did another massive explosion (i wont describe the sound effects haha) then she did another one 5 hours later. I read my wellbeing book and it said something like if they do 2 - 3 explosions within 24 hours to take them to the dr so we went this morning and he said she has a tummy virus and it should pass fairly soon. I was just worried about her getting dehydrated. I have given her a water bottle and she sucks on it a fair bit so i think shes ok there and plenty of wet nappies
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 February 2007 at 5:55pm
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As long as there are plenty of wet naps and her tongue and lips look wet then she should be adequately hydrated. You could always offer her some cool boiled water if you're worried - sometimes when they have a tummy bug it's easier for them to digest than formula or breast milk.
Pedialyte is good too if you can get them to take it. Maya refused it so stubbornly that at one point we were syringing it into her mouth and when that didn't work she ended up with a NG feeding tube ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06 February 2007 at 9:34am
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Took her back to the drs after 4 explosions yesterday and shes got suspected rotavirus a sample has been sent away so we should know for sure on thursday but it sounds like thats what it is! Shes starting to get better now
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