Son is sick

[gubba]

My poor son has ahd this awful cough since Thursday and fever on Friday, but tonight he is V*ing, so I guess he has Strep. He has V*'d so much that I think that I am immune to his V* and scared of my own more than others. He is trying to fall asleep now and my husband is rubbing his back. I am very scared that this will go on in the middle of the night, but I will be at the Pediatricians office at 8 a.m. tomorrow.


Wish this poor EMET mom good luck for tonight

[californiagirl]

I'm sorry about your little boy, and hope feels feels better real soon!!

[gubba]

Thanks...I have never had strep and neither has my husband. From the symptoms that the Ped. Office gave me over the phone today when I called about his awful cough, it sounded like he had all the symptoms, but the V* and tonight he has V*'d so much that I was scared for him, not just me.

[californiagirl]

I know it's hard when your child is sick, and you feel for him because you love him. When we have to be there for our babies, we mothers do our best to push our emet aside, and that is hard to do, but it sounds like you're doing a great job, worrying about him, not only yourself. The thing to remember is that he is depending on you and hubby to comfort him. I know you'll do fine....you already are [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img] Once he gets started on antibiotics, heshould start to improve within 24 hours. Keep us posted.

[crystalmom]

Awwww....pooor little guy. I feel so bad for both of you. It is hard being an emet mom. You want to be there all the time for the little ones, and yet you want to run too! I hope you both make it through the night with little problem, and he gets better soon.


Take care,


Crystal

[peachykeen]

Oh Gubba, your poor little guy! He's had a tough go of it so far this
winter, hasn't he? If you don't mind me asking, what ped does he go
to? I take my kids to a small practice in Smyrna, they both had well
visits Monday, and my ped said that strep and upper respritory
infections are going around like crazy!! If it makes you feel any
better (I know it made me feel better) they said it looks like the sv's
are tapering off a bit.

I hope he comes through the night all right. We're local - if you need
to chat I can give you my phone # - it won't even be long distance!
lol! My oldest (just turned 2) does the cough until v*ing all the time,
with every cold. I'm with you - I'm almost immune to her v*ing from
it, I just clean it up and get on with it. Big hugs to you, your dh, and
your ds!

[beadgirl]

Yeah, girl, If he's got strep, that sucks. My mom always reminds me about the time I had strep as a littel kid and how she had to lay towles all over the car 'cause I wouldn't stop v'ing!!! I never remember that! You're little man will be fine feed him some ice chips and maybe give him some childrens tylonol to get rid of the pain... I have so much respect for you. I dont have kids yet but the thought scares me to death! You are a strong woman and you'll get through it like a champ! I'll say a prayer for you and your little guy!

[gubba]

It is 6:45 a.m. and he slept well and no more V* yet. I am getting him into the DR. Office this a.m. at 8, so we leave here in one hour. I am so ;lucky to have my husband to go with me too, so I am not alone with it. He isn't coughing as much since he isn't talking yet or moving around a lot, so I hope that iin an hour when we go, he will be o.k. I did not sleep much for fear of being woken up and i kept thinking about how much V* he had done and I was going crazy and shaking. I am fine, but very nervous. I did hear him just cough and he is calling me.


I will post later.


PEACHY...he goes to a Dr. in Green Hills. She is wonderful.

[carlie]

Sorry to hear your son isn't well. Sounds like you are handling it great; much better than I would. Looks like Nashville is full of viruses right now. Both my kids have had flu symtoms (high fever, achy, bad cough, sniffles, etc.). The ped said it's not the flu . . . too early in the season. They both ended up with ear infections and are on antibiotics. My son also had diahhrea and cried and complained his tummy hurt the whole time. Of course, I was a nervous wreck.


I don't know about you guys, but it seems my kids always get sick with something right around Christmas. We haven't had a well house on Christmas yet.[img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img].


Keep us posted and hope he is feeling better soon. Do you have an Phenergan supositories? Sometimes they work.

[gubba]

We are home from the Dr. and he has a virus of some sort. I have had the sore throat so they think that I have it too and I am going nuts since I can't stop thinking about his V* from last night. I can't eat and I am nervous, but I know it was cough related.


Thanks everyone and I will keep you informed throughtout the day. You guys are awesome.

[babygap5]

Hi Gubba. I hope that you and your son feel better real soon. You handled it with great strenght and dignity, you should feel very proud of yourself.

[gubba]

I'm no so sure that I am as proud as I could be...I did get very nervous and I still am. Once the Dr. said it wasa cold type virus and not strep, I started thinking what if the V* was not from his cough and he had a terrible SV. I have never seen V* like this and I hope it does not make him into an EMET since it was so bad. I know he was coughing and it would happen shortly after he had a bad spell, but I was so scared and I shook all night in the middle of the night fearing he would wake up and we would go through it again. Today, I am alone with him while my husband works and I am scared, but I did feed him and he is acting normal. I am a mess with fear from this, but I will make it and I just don't want to be an EMET anymore. Why are we like this? What a strange thing to fear and to be so freightened of others as well. I can't imagine if I did what my little boy did last night. He is the brave one...I would have rathered died and I was scared I was going to before it was over. I'm no so proud of me, but I am of him and I just pray that he NEVER knows the fear that it causes me so that he doesn't ever get like us!!!

[crystalmom]

Hey Gubba....you're doing great! My son has come down with something too, and he coughed so hard this afternoon, he v'ed. I notice, though, that there is a HUGE difference between v*ing from coughing too hard, and v*ing from a sv.


*GRAPHIC*


If it's from a sv, it tends to be more forceful and there is more of it. When it's from coughing, it's more of a regurgitation thing. But, everyone is different.


*NON-GRAPHIC*


I did the same last night, knowing that he was coming down with something. He was not well, and I knew it. Then, at 12:30am, he woke up crying and kept saying "I don't wanna". He gagged a few time from crying/coughing. He went back to sleep (if he was ever awake, I don't reallyknow), and I went back to bed a nervous wreck. Shaking, sweating....you know. Luckily, he slept the rest of the night without any incidents.


I hope you both feel better soon [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]


Crystal

[gubba]

I hate this time of year.


Maybe GRAPHIC


My sons V* from coughing was so violent that it made me scared. I have seen it just be a gag, but this was so full force and he had just eaten. I would have been in an institution if I had done what he did, either that, or this phobia would be GONE!!!


Not GRAPHIC


I hope you guys are doing better today. My son is still coughing and it is so sad to see. This weather is cold, raining and gross and I think I am ready for SPRING!!!!


Stay well and keep us posted on your son too.

[peachykeen]

I'm ready for spring too! My oldest does that every time she has a
cold - the coughing until v*ing. It's really bad too. Something I
figured out with her is that when she has a cold I can't give her any
dairy. The dairy seems to thicken up in her throat, I guess with all of
the mucus associated with colds, and makes the cough much worse.
Giving her a glass of milk is like guaranteeing she'll v*. It is so very
scary though, I totally know what you're going through. How are you
feeling ,btw?

This flu-like virus is sure going around here. Yesterday three people
that my hubby works with when home with it. One person has had it
since last Monday - a week and a half, and sill ill enough to need to
go home from work! Scary! I just know he's gonna get it, and we're
all going to be down with sore throats, coughing, and fevers over
Christmas.

[crystalmom]

Hi all....Gubba, I hope that today brings a bit of relief for you and your son. Poor little dude! How old is he?? My guy is 4 1/2, so, he still kinda feels like a baby when he is sick! He had an ok night, although he crawled into bed with me around 1am. Every time he would cough I would jump up and grab a towel, just in case. Luckily, no v*ing here.


He seems to be a bit better today, a little more energetic then yesterday, but he still sounds like s**t. I hate it. Feel so bad for him.


Have a good day!


Crystal

[gubba]

We are having a better day. the cough is much better, but still there. No V* yet today, but hey, it's still early!!! Actually, yesterday was o.k. and I will say, even when I know the V* is not and SV it still spooks me a bit. Not as bad, but still a little spooky for my own self peace. i gave him Benadryl for the first time last night and he did sleep pretty well. Not but one small cough in the middle of the night.


Hope all you guys are feeling better. This time of year sucks since we all want to be together for the holidays and we are all usually with someone ill.


Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys that all of you are well. My husband is taking my son to CA. for Christmas since my husbands whole family will be out there to say goodbye to my brother-in-law who is off to Iraq after the holidays. I am staying here in gross gloomy Nashville to be with my family and take care of our dogs. We have one that we just put to sleep and one other one that is very old and a puppy. I can't put the old one in the kennel and my friend who I would trust to care for the dogs is going away. I will have my first time away from my son since he has been born. I am bittersweet over it since I need the break, but will miss them dearly.

[suzimck]

Hello,





I feel for you. My daughter had a small cold all week too and now she just started v***. She hasn't for about an hour, but my heart is racing. I don't even know how she got it. I don't take her to stores and my older daughter who is 6 goes to school, but hasn't been sick. Strange, huh? Anyway, I am so scared about my older daughter getting it now and getting up in the middle of the night to V**! Pray for me.





Suzi

[gubba]

I hope she is better. My son did not stop V*ing for like an hour when he had a bad coughing spell and then it was over. When he was done, he asked for food, so I wasn't as scared as I have been in the past, but I was so worried that he would V* in the middle of the night since it started at 7:30 p.m. and he kept doing it for 1 hour. Finally it stopped and he was better with almost no coughing all night. He has been fine since then and that was Tuesday night.


I know you are scared and the only comfort I can give it to tell you that we don't usually V* from a cold, but little kids do and we just must deal with it, be a bit nervous and move on. I hate it and the night scares me so much, but I am certain that if she has a cold, this V* thing usually makes it better since it gets the mucus out. Kids can't cough that up like we do, so it makes them sick.


Try and relax and I wish I could do more to comfort you, but you will be fine and just know that in 24 hours, it will be over. Your other daughter will probably not V* anyway since she is older.

[suzimck]

Thank you for the kind words. It is nice to talk with people who have the same issues. I hate the night time too. I am luck y to have a husband who is very supportive of my v*** issue. I will be having a rough night tonight, but i know i will survive. I will keep you posted.





Thanks again,


Suzi

[gubba]

I hope it went well...I always feel better when we wake up in the morning and after a few hours, I feel even better since my son usually V*'s in the early morning or middle of the night. I say that and last week it was the evening right before bed, but I hate nights. I have no clue why that is except for the fact that I get so scared of V* anyway and then there is the extra panic of getting jolted up out of bed. Who knows....I just hope you guys are all well and hopefully we xan stay that way the rest of the winter!!!![img]smileys/smilies_08.gif[/img]

[shiva]

I remember when my daughter was about 3 and she had a bronchial thing. (actually, i think it was influenza if my memory is correct) Anyway, the same thing happened to her. She started coughing and got sick all over my house. She just kept doing it over and over and she wasn't even coughing, just getting sick. We were in the bathroom and she just kept trying and heaving. I was singing twinkle twinkle to her. Then I calmly told her... You don't have to keep trying, maybe calm down? Maybe you are all done and all better? And she just stopped. Never did again that sickness. I talked to the doctor about it and she said that it was just from the mucus and then her gag reflex just continued. Kids are funny, they can puke for any reason. I'm glad your little one is feeling better.

[aar13]

Hello!


I'm new here.....but not at all new to EMET. Just 3 weeks ago (night of Thanksgiving, actually 3am) my daughter woke me up with a belly ache and began V""ting 2 minutes later. Of course I went into a full blown panic attack right away, but tried my hardest to keep my cool for her sake. I made it through the night and the next day, but the poor little thing threw up like every 30 minutes to an hour from 3am until 8pm that night.


I am 5 months pregnant so panic attacks are not really too good for me to have right now, but besides that, I also starved myself the entire day she was sick and didn't really eat healthy for the next several days. I wish this didn't happen to me, but it does and no one seems to understand how I'm feeling. My husband thinks I'm crazy and is not sympathetic at all, which makes things even harder.


It's been 3 weeks now, but the sv is still going around her school. I hate that damn virus and just wish it would go away so I could live a calm normal life like I do in the summer. Her dad keeps telling me that she won't get it again because she just had it, but I'm so scared she is going to bring it home again - not only scared of her getting it, but more scared of me getting!


Believe me, I know how you feel when it comes to your kids getting sick, especially the sv. it sounds to me though, that you are doing a great job!


[img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img] Alissa

[suzimck]

Alissa,





My girls had a sv that lasted three days a piece last April. They were bothin the hospital for iv's because they were dehydrated. It was so traumatizing for me and them. I know exactly how you feel. I am sorry that your husband does not understand. My husband has learned to understand my fears about it and is there for me when I need him. You should let your husband read some o f the entries on this site so he can see that other women and men also have these issues. maybe he will understand then that you can not help it and just how scary it is for you. I actually come to tears worrying about it some days. I have gone on an anti-depressant since..Lexapro...and it seems to help. My heart really goes out to you. I am so sorry that you feel alone and that no one is there for you. All of us are on this site...just write and we will be there. You are never alone as long as you write. Thank you for your kind words....Suzi

[aar13]

Wow Suzi, thank you so much. It's so tough when you don't have a husband to support you and believe me I have tried everything. I have told him about another site that I used to go to which is for hypochondria (closest I could find to my own fear) and he actually made fun of me for finding it! I also used to take anti-depressant/anxiety meds, I was on Paxil, then Effexor, and then was going to try Zoloft but I wanted to try not taking it since I don't like the withdrawal effects from any of those meds. Both Paxil and Effexor helped calm me down a bit, but usually when my daughter gets sick I have to take a Xanax - couldn't do it this time since I'm pregnant and it was sooooo hard!


She had the sv 3 weeks ago, but it's still going around and I'm sooo scared that she is going to get it again or pass it onto me. UGH! I just hate this fear and wish it would go away!

[suzimck]

I know! I am afraid that I am going to get it too as well as my older daughter. I hate this time of yeat too! I get so depressed, paranoid and nauseous worrying about it. We will get through it together!





Hang in there and write me!





Suzi

[suzimck]

Now my husband woke up this morning v**ing! Plus my dad was up lastnight too v**ing! I am surrounded. I am so paranoid that I am going to get it. I kissed my husband yesterday and that is all i can think about...that now i am going to get it. Please pray for me. the only ones who haven't gotten it yet is me and my older daughter.





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Suzi

[gubba]

Suzi...my husband and son had it back in November and I did not get it. I cleaned up after both of them and yes, I even kissed my husbadn before he went to sleep and he woke up in the middle of the night with it. You must know that I am a HANDWASHER...they do get cracked and bleed if I don't use lotion...so I can add that I wore diposable gloves to clean toilets and sinks and I used lysol everywhere and I washed like crazy. I go nuts with worry at those times. I also found that my best friends husband has been in the house with my friend and their 2 kids on 4 occasions in the last 2 years with all of them V*ing and he cleans it all up, takes care of each of them , and he only gets D* if anything. I wonder if he is an EMET but I won't ask. Anyway, it is possible to survive this, so I will keep my fingers crossed for you and your daughter. Keep being safe and while I know you can't relax, try to go to a room, crack the window so cold fresh air comes in and get a good t.v. show on or a good book.


Keep us posted and we are always here for you.

[suzimck]

I will try to calm down. I can't eat. I am too afraidand all I want to do is wash my hands every five minutes. I am so scared, but trying to hold it together.





Thank you for your support...it really means a lot to me!





Suzi

[aar13]

Oh Suzi, I wish I could help you because I know exactly how you are feeling! Try to stay calm and think of "happy" thoughts - I know it's easier said than done. I do exactly the same thing . . . wash my hands a million times,use lysol like crazy, and stay away from food for fear I'm going to throw up. When my daughter got sick in November I drank from the same water bottle the night before she got sick and I was ok, so I think kissing your husband will be fine.


I've read that most Emets will only get d* most of the timeif they get a sv at all. I will cross my fingers and pray for you . . . believe me, I know how scary this is for you right now! Just think, it should all be over in about 24 hours (or less).