WWPD re sick kid

[vthokie]

So I took A to the dr because she keeps complaining about her stomach hurting. She gave us some ideas to help the tummy. But it may actually be because she has strep. Again. Or still. It's possible that it wasn't knocked out when she had it at the end of July, which makes me feel terrible. Apparently strep can cause stomach aches and headaches. Anyways, we have an ABX and she has to come to work with me today.
I know technically it's 24hrs on ABX before going back to school. I gave her first dose at 10am. Would you send her to school tomorrow or keep her home? Half day isn't an option without a dr note.

[devonpow]

I would. I would also edge the second and 3rd doses a little closer than thee 12 hours (So, say you gave her dose 1 at 10, I would give dose 2 at 9 PM and then dose 3 at 8 AM right before school etc). The hour won't make a huge difference (so my dr friends tell me, lol) and then she will have 3 doses in her before school.

[sunshineluv]

I would send her tomorrow. I am sorry, don't be too hard on yourself, its really hard to know if the stomach aches are real or attention seeking. I was team attention seeking when you asked before.

[mcburglar]

Send her--she would have been exposing her friends presumably for weeks, right?

[vthokie]

I was planning to get 3 doses in before school. So I'll probably send her. Hopefully this will fix things. We do have an order for a belly X-ray at children's. But she said to hold off and see what we think in a week or 2

[melmon0417]

Ugh, I'm sorry you're dealing with this. Don't be too hard on yourself. The same thing happened to me as a kid. I got a rash on my tummy and a stomach ache when I had strep. My mom didn't know those symptoms meant I had strep the first time they presented themselves, either!

I would send her tomorrow, since it's so close. Also, as you said, she'll have had 3 doses by then.

I hope she feels better soon!

[shevacc]

Yes, definitely send her. My pedi told me the same thing with an ear infection in one of the kids. I'm sorry her strep is back!

[thedahliharpa]

I'm sorry they think it's strep. H seems to have chronic strep. The ENT suggested she "just has strep in her body" so she may be yielding positives on cultures even though she may just be sick. (DH went to the appt so this is his non detailed regurgitation of the appt).
You may consider an ENT at some point of its believed to be chronic.
I hope she feels better soon.

[vthokie]

Sept 6, 2016 22:32:04 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I'm sorry they think it's strep. H seems to have chronic strep. The ENT suggested she "just has strep in her body" so she may be yielding positives on cultures even though she may just be sick. (DH went to the appt so this is his non detailed regurgitation of the appt).
You may consider an ENT at some point of its believed to be chronic.
I hope she feels better soon.

Yeah. We're supposed to get a culture after this round of ANX to rule out her just being a carrier. If that's the case, we'll go back to her ENT and see what he says.