*UPDATE* Guys, I'm worried about ds.

[styme46]

We are only on day 3 of this cold and I'm worried about him. He hasn't eaten anything in 2 days. And has barely had anything to drink. I changed his diaper once today and that was just because he pooped, not because he was overly wet. He spiked a low grade fever (99.5 was the highest) on Tuesday night, no fever yesterday or this morning, then spiked another fever (99.9 the highest) after his 4 hour nap today. I got him up at 11:00 this morning, put him down at 2:00, woke him up again at 6:00, then put him back down at 8:30. He fell asleep in my arms while I was rocking him tonight. He hasn't done that since he could crawl. It's so heartbreaking. I hate when my kids are sick.

Update: Took him to urgent care and they didn't even check him after asking me a few questoons. They sent us to the ER because they thought he was going to need fluids and the uc can't do it. Turns out he has an ear infection and upper respiratory infection. He ate a popcicle while he was there so they sent us home with a numbing drop for his ear, amoxicillin, and instructions to come back if he doesn't pee at all.

Thank you guys for all your good thoughts!

[Deleted]

Oh no the lack of wet diapers would worry me a lot. I hope he feels better ASAP!

[usuallylurking]

Aw, poor guy and poor you! We all just went through our first cold of the year and it was rough, the boys all still have a lingering junky cough. They didn't eat much either, I figure nothing tastes very good when you're sick and maybe they had sore throats? The not drinking would make me most worried for your boy.

[styme46]

Mar 5, 2015 23:09:25 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I'm sorry, poor little guy. I hope that he feels better soon. Maybe call the pedi about the lack of wet diapers tomorrow if you haven't already. Dehydration was something they told me to watch out for with E. I'm sure you know this already, though.

Side note - how is he 2.5 already??

I'm waiting for h to get home so we can talk about whether I should stay home with him again tomorrow or not. He usually goes to mil's on Fridays, but I'm pretty worried about the lack of wet diapers.

How is E today?

I know! I don't know how they grow so fast! I'm pretty sure I just had him yesterday!

[sofamonkey]

I'd start offering things like gatorade to get some fluids in him. Sick kids are awful. I'm so sorry.

[isabel]

I would be most concerned about dehydration. Can you try to get some pedialite or Gatorade into him?

[styme46]

Mar 5, 2015 23:13:37 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

I'd start offering things like gatorade to get some fluids in him. Sick kids are awful. I'm so sorry.

Mar 5, 2015 23:15:28 GMT -5 isabel said:

I would be most concerned about dehydration. Can you try to get some pedialite or Gatorade into him?

I'll have to go get some. We don't have any. I've tried pushing water, juice, and milk all day and he barely had a full sippy of milk. And this kid LOVES his milk. He usually drinks 4-5 sippy cups a day of milk.

[sofamonkey]

Careful about milk if he's sick. Sometimes, it just sits poorly in their tummies.

[styme46]

Mar 5, 2015 23:17:42 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Mar 5, 2015 23:13:11 GMT -5 styme46 said:

I'm waiting for h to get home so we can talk about whether I should stay home with him again tomorrow or not. He usually goes to mil's on Fridays, but I'm pretty worried about the lack of wet diapers.

How is E today?

I know! I don't know how they grow so fast! I'm pretty sure I just had him yesterday!

The rash is no better but no worse, so that's good. She's been sleeping a lot. She and J are both sounding congested now though, so I"m worried she's coming down with something else on the heels of whatever caused the rash! 

I'm glad the rash didn't get worse. Hopefully she and J both don't catch anything. Poor girls.

[olegregg]

Maybe popsicles? I know they aren't the healthiest, but they may help with the dehydration.


ETA, ok, just read that he's 2.5. Maybe not appropriate. Hope he feels better soon!

[rosiebear]

Popsicles? Jello? Watermelon? These are some ways to get him fluids.


It's so awful when our babies are sick.

[adhdfashion]

Try giving him pedialite pops.

[eav2c]

What about a Popsicle? Or even a frozen gogurt? My 2 year old had an awful cold a few months and didn't eat for three days. It really scared me so I totally get it. I hope he feels better soon!

[spwspw]

Could it be he has an EI as well? DS only naps like that and has on and off fevers when he has an EI.

[greenley]

I agree that I'd call his pedi about the lack of drinking and wet diapers. Dehydration can happen fast.  Which could cause the sleepiness. Hope he gets better soon!

[jeaniebueller]

Try the pedialyte popsicles. Even when my DS was sick, sick, sick with a stomach virus, he had an appetite for those since he thought it was a treat.

[styme46]

He's still sleeping and I'm going to work. H doesn't have to be to work until later so he will be with ds, then when he has to leave mil is coming to take over. Mil used to be a nurse. H is being much more breezy about it then I am. I'll tell h to have mil stop and get some pedialyte and pops before she comes over. I did find some expired pedialyte, so we'll try that until she gets here.

[pittsmcgee]

I hope he is feeling better soon. Poor little guy.

[styme46]

I called the pedi and both their locations are completely booked so she wants me to take him to urgent care or the ER. I'm headed home now to get him.

[usuallylurking]

Mar 6, 2015 12:30:12 GMT -5 styme46 said:

I called the pedi and both their locations are completely booked so she wants me to take him to urgent care or the ER. I'm headed home now to get him.

Oh no, poor guy, and poor you. Hopefully your waiting is minimal and you get some answers and head home with your boy soon!

[floridakat]

I hope he's okay and you don't have to wait long.

[Gato]

Oh, no! The ER will take good care of him. DD1 got dehydrated after a bad stomach flu when she was 4; they kept her on fluids overnight. She was fine after that. They said when kids refuse even water or pedialyte, that's when you've got to bring them in. Their little bodies get too out of whack.

[mrsukyankee]

Hope he's okay!

[styme46]

Update above!

[nsl]

Poor little guy! I'm so glad that he got a diagnosis and medicine!

[revolution]

Poor guy. Hopefully the meds help quickly

[usuallylurking]

Aw, poor guy! I hope the meds work quickly and he gets back to feeling more like himself!

[compassrose]

Glad your little guy got some drugs! Hope he's feeling better soon!

[speckledfrog]

I'm glad he was seen and that you have some medicine for him. I hope he feels better ASAP!

[sofamonkey]

Eep! Glad he went in!! Hope he feels better very soon.