HELP SON V*

[gubba]

My son has V8'd every hour for 3 hours and I am so scared. I made my husband come home from work and I am mess. My husband V8'd last week and had D* and I had some D* last week. my son is only V*ing and I am so scared. HELP!!!!!

[gubba]

That was supposed to be V*, not V8

[gubba]

I'm feaking out...where is everybody??????????

[kate1966]

I am so sorry .....how is he now? And you? How old is your son? I wish there was something i could say to make you feel better.....how long has he been sick...hopefully it won't last too long...do you have ginger ale for him to sip on maybe? I always used to give my boys that or popsicles.....hope he is better soon....you try to relax...if you can....keep yourself busy doing something....not thinking about this every second...i know it's hard.....but do something you like....or dislike...like housework...that's what i always did when mine were sick...clean like crazy.....best of luck to you...K

[harmonygirl72]

Do you have MSN Messenger? That's the only one I can use at work. I am [email protected]. I am going to lunch, but will be back soon. I will be thinking of you!


Mary

[gubba]

thanks...i did call the pediatrician and they told me 1 teaspoon of ginger ale every 10 minutes and if he did fine after 1 hour of that then he could have 2 full ounces at a time. if he V*'s anytime in the hour of giving the soda, you stop and wait one hour and then start over. If he goes 6 hours without V* he can have Banana, rice, applesauce or toast. She would like to wait 12 hours, but said that it may not be possible.


He is sleeping right now. Says his stomach doesn't hurt and he doesn't feel too bad, but he can't even hardly walk across the room without wanting to lay down again. I am so scared.


Good news out of this...they did tell me at the Ped. office that the V* thing isn't really going around too bad and that what is V* out there is very short lived...meaning that the kids aren't under for days and that they only V* a few times. I hope that is all this is for us. Now, if i can stop panic mode for me and hope that when he wakes up he isn't V*ing. My husband did come home from work and I cannot tell you guys how lucky I am to have him. He is the most wonderful man alive and I love him more daily for things like this.


I HATE THIS EMET THING AND I WANT TO KILL IT.

[sillygirl]

I'm sure he just has what you and your husband already had. His system is just too little to handle it like you and your husband. Since you already had it, you wont catch it from him again. Try and relax. How is he doing now? How are you doing now?

[kate1966]

I am glad that he is sleeping some now.....i know how you are feeling....i used to freak out with mine....but mine always seemed to happen during the night....but i do remember one time my youngest one had to come home from school...i had gone up there for a Halloween party for his little class...i think he was in 2nd grade..it may have been first...i know he was really small then...anyway we were all in the cafeteria getting ready to eat all these snacks for Halloween....and he started crying saying he didn't feel good.....so he did have D before we left and we only lived like 3 blocks from the school and when we got home .....he layed in my bed for only about 20 mins or so and up he went running to the bathroom....and he did this like alot of times....it was one of the worst episodes i remember with him.............he was V and D at the same time......so that was even worse for me....but anyway my point is...i lived through it somehow...lord knows how....i was a wreck the whole time....and all the while my husband layed in the bed asleep b/c he works 3rd shift....didn't bother him at all to be in the same bed with him..........so you will get through this....i promise...and hopefully the worse is behind you now and you can relax alittle more....good luck......K

[kel12347]

gubba, so sorry that you have to go through this. Try to do something relaxing, like a bubble bath and a good book, and try to get this out of your mind for just a little while, so you can get your anxiety levels down.


I hope you and your son are feeling better.

[gubba]

I am working from home which I do anyway, so I am doing my work and my poor husband is not happy about being out all day from the office, but he did bring work home. He wanted to go back and I said NO WAY!!!


I am better, but nervous still that I could get this. I hate this and I want to be like normal people. Why do we have this and why can't we get rid of it? I get better and then S*** like this happens and I want to crawl into a hole.


thanks for all your support. I hope this is about over in this house!!!

[rileyl]

I am so sorry you are going through this. I have 2 kids and am generally a wreck when they are sick with v'g. The only thing I will say is that it gets a little easier as they get older because you have more experience dealing with it (so it's less "shocking" when it does happen) and because they tend to get sick less and are more capable of "doing the deed" on their own. We are all behind you.

[sunshine16]

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[gubba]

I should be getting better at this since he had a bad cough 2 weeks ago and V*'d for 2 days. I hate it, and he is still asleep, so I suppose that is a good thing. It has been 3 hours since the last V* and I am praying it is over. The joy of being a parent is so immense, but at times like this I wonder what I was ever thinking being an EMET and having a kid. I guess since I had no idea what an EMET was and I thought I was just weird, that it would go away with time. LOL


I love my son so much and this is the worst that we go through, so i keep fingers crossed and pray a lot at these times.


THANKS GUYs...I DON"T KNOW WHAT I"D DO IF YOU WEREN"T HERE!!!

[gubba]

He just woke up and did it again. Now i"m really scared!!

[brina85]

i know how you feel just try and relax you and your husband already had it so u cant get it again he will be better soon my doctor told me when my daugther wassick not give anything for hours even if she begged i did and then i slowly started with jello like two spoonfuls then i would wait an hour an another teaspoonful

[rileyl]

Sounds like has the stomach bug that your husband (and maybe you?) had last week. The timing is about right for that. It's scary because the little kids can v* frequently with a bug that would not affect an adult as severely. When my daughter was younger, I wasabsolutely amazed me at how many times she would v* with a sv.I had never seen anything like it. Will your pediatrician prescribe anything to stop the v'g? Is your husband willing to take over so that you can get out of the house for a while?

[gubba]

I'm trying to relax and hope the I don't catch this, but I feel so badly for him. When he V*'s it is so sad and violent looking and I hate that for him. He says his tummy is fine and nothing really hurts, but he's 3 so who knows. He is so weak looking and tired he can barely get off the couch.


Keep thinking about me...I'm still freaking out!

[brina85]

try emetrol or little tummys for nausea its over the counter

[bexcelica]

gubba.. no worries. if you didnt catch it from hubby, you wont get it from your son. we're all here for ya

[shiva]

Oh do I know how you feel! And I know there is nothing I can really say to make you feel better about this. You are in my thoughts and I will keep my fingers crossed that he's all done with the v* and that you have already had what is making your boy sick.


Keep us posted.

[gubba]

Can you give 3 year olds Emetrol? I am waiting for the nurse at his Dr.s to call me back. He has V*'d every 45 minutes since he woke up from his nap. I am so scared. I gave him some ice chips and they stayed down now for 1 hour. I know it is going to happen again and I am so nervous. He has a fever now too and I keep thinking he is getting dehydrated and then I get scared about that and while in the back of my head I keep playing the "What if I get it.." I am more worried that what if this is something really serious???? My husband keeps telling me he has a virus and it will pass and it is probably not an SV but something else and he will be fine tomorrow. Well...that is

[gubba]

I didn't get to finish that last post since the nurse called me back. She told me to go get tylenol suppositories ( i know i did not spell that correctly). I went and got them and my wonderful husband put it in my son. He screamed and hated it, but at least it's in and maybe the fever will go down and he will feel better. The nurse is more worried that he has not been to pee since 9 this a.m. and I had not even thought about that. He also did not poop yesterday and they asked if he could be constipated. Who knows..I just know he is sick and he V*'s hourly and is so lifeless he can't get off the couch.


thanks everyone for the support. I've said it 100 times, but I don't know what I'd do without all of you. What a great support system you all are!!!

[swiftette]

See if the ped. will send in a prescription for phenergan suppositories. That would stop the v*

[shiva]

Awww.. I feel so bad for the little guy, and bad for you, too. You sound like you're holding up okay. Although I know you probably feel like you are going to go nuts. Hopefully it will subside and he can get some good rest and wake up feeling much better tomorrow. Is your hubby able to stay home tomorrow if need be? Hang in there, I know it's tough, but you're doing great.

[gubba]

I've talked to them 2 times today and I was surprised that they didn't tell me to do anything for the V*. They have gone for the day and he is asleep again, so if he wakes up and V*'s more, I will call back and whoever is on call will hopefully callin something for the V*. The tylenol suppository should make him feel a little better and i just am so tired of the V*. I think even if i wasn't an emet this would have driven me nuts.

[liriodendron]

It must be easier being that it's your son, someone you love so dearly.

I can't imagine the fear you must have, I don't think I could handle it
the way you are. You're being a great mom and don't you forget that.
You may be afraid to get sick too, but you're doing what you're
supposed to be doing.



I probably would have called an ambulance for the little guy and had
the hazmat team come and decontaminate me and the house LOL. Then pick
up son at hospital in a couple months or so.[img]smileys/smilies_08.gif[/img]



Just out of curiosity, what state or city/state are you in because I'm curious to know where the doctor said it's a mild season.

[gubba]

I'm in Tennessee!!!

[brina85]

when my daugther was sick she told me that those suppositorys to stop vomiting are so bad that they cause sezures in little kids they have emetrol for kids at the drug store it helps

[sheri-baby]

I'm so sorry for your son, it must be horrible to see him feeling this way! When my son was ill, about 3 I gave him pedialite ice pops, they taste better than the drink and it stayed down. I wouldn,t reccomend suppositories to stop the vomiting at his age, could be dangerous. Try your best to keep him hydrated and he will be feeling better. If the vomiting continues bring him in to emergency, they will give him an iv and that will hydrate him without having to put anything in his stomach. I'm sure you probably know all this, but this is the same experience I had with my son. When I took him to emergency they thought he was constipated also, but in fact your intestinal activity shuts down during a virus and that's why there is vomiting. On a positive note, at least you should be done with sv's for a long time now, my son is 5 and he hasn't been sick for a couple of years now...so i'm really anxious every day and night. Sometimes I wish he wouldget sick so we could get this s*** overwith! It will be over soon, just like your husband said, you doing a great job being there for you baby! Take care.

[gubba]

Dr. just called and told me to stay with ice chips and gatorade cut with water and he seems better since he woke up. He did pee which the Dr. was worried about since it had been 9 hours. I hope he is better