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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dana, how's he today?

Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So far so good today. He hasn't thrown up yet and he did eat a little soup (I'm sure he is starving!). Keeping my fingers crossed ...

Thanks for all the info & support guys! Grace - hope you are feeling better.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Glad to hear it!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 11:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kota woke up this morning sounding like crap with a cold. Seems to be mostly in her chest, which is causing probs with her asthma so she's been taking dimetap cold and cough medicine and using her inhaler, and we'll have to go to the doctor in the morning.

She had more dimetap about 7, she was feeling much more lousy than earlier (earlier she was up and running around.) Headache, fever, cough is worse, so about half an hour ago I gave her some children's tylenol. Now on top of the cold, and the chest congestion, she's vomiting. I'm wondering (and will try not to be gross doing it) if she had the tylenol 30 minutes ago, has it had a chance to start working before she vomited or has she thrown all of it up? She's resting on the couch in panties and an undershirt, light blanket over her and cold cloth on her forehead, so I'm hoping that will help the fever to drop. We've been having enough problems trying to get her to take the albueterol today. Her throat is sore, so it hurts to breath it, she's not doing it right. She's been forcing that out of her nose or the top of the inhaler (which is something else I've got to see the doctor for, I think I'm going to have to get her another aero chamber....shoot, that's what it's called, right? the little plastic accordian thing that you pump the inhaler in then put a face mask over her nose and mouth.) She's not going to like it anymore than out of the inhaler, but at least I can keep it on her face til she breathes it in (and yes, I'm feeling horribly mean even thinking of having to force it on her, but she has to have it.)

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
War, I'm sorry Kota is feeling so bad, give her a hug from me when she can stand it.

As for the Tylenol, it was probably already in her blood stream pretty well in 30 minutes. To be absolutely safe I'd wait 2 hours from the original dose and give her another one or even better if you have it give her a dose of children's Advil now. They are two different medications and they even told us to give them about an hour apart when Melodie was so sick.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 12:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
war, holly didn't give up her aerochamber until she was about 12. let kota know it's better than going to the hospital and them putting her in an oxygen tent. we had to do that with holly when she was 4. and then they would put the nebulizer into the tent. i'm wondering why a doctor would give a child of kota's age an inhaler without an aerochamber? and secondly, if kota's asthma is acting up so much in the colder weather. why don't they have her on an at home nebulizer? just questions of a mother with an asthmatic child myself. it took me years to get knowledgeable.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
An hour apart? I knew you could alternate the two, but thought you had to wait four hours to do it. She fell asleep sitting up on the couch awhile ago, so I'll give her the motrin when she wakes up.

We gave up the aerochamber a year and a half ago. We'd been warned that the longer she used it the harder it'd be for her to learn to use an inhaler, and while we may have pushed her some, we wanted her able to use the inhaler on her own (having some control over the asthma herself.) She's usually so good about taking it when she needs it, and knowing when she needs it, but I think tonight she's just feeling too lousy to care much. She's really not understanding why we're making her use that when her throat, head and tummy are hurting so bad, and i keep having to explain that once we get her breathing better it will be easier to deal with the rest.

We have the nebulizer, but I ended up dumping the meds a few months ago for it since they'd been sitting for awhile. I know I should have called the dr to get more, but she hadn't been using it so it completely slipped my mind. I did use her peak flow meter tonight and she was breathing in the yellow zone (Green is good, yellow is bad, go to the doctor, but not serious, red is go to the ER.) That alone is enough to get her to the doctors though if it doesn't improve tonight. If it was just the asthma, it'd be ok, but all of it at once and she's feeling pretty miserable.

Caleb came home one day last week with a tummy ache and feeling nasueus. He was feeling better that night. Then Friday morning he got up with a sore throat, and feeling kinda crummy. By that afternoon, he was feeling better. It's really that she gets so much sicker and can't have it as easy. Not that I want him getting sicker, I just wish she didn't have to suffer as bad as she does.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Kota)))

Graceunderfyre
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01-21-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was told every 3 hours by a few different people (doc, pharmacist, nurse) - so you may want to check on that.

Jai really hates the nebulizer but normally when he needs it, so do I, so I have him sit on my lap while I do the deed and he gets the effects from my dose.

You know peppermint tea helps with breathing. Traditional Medicinals also have a few different teas - Breath Easy in particular - that I would suggest if you want to try the natural route. I prefer not to take meds whenever possible, so I play around with alternative methods a lot. For brewing the teas, you should let them steep for about 8-10 minutes with a plate or somethign on top of the mug and then you can cool the tea down and put it in a bottle/sippy cup. It works better when warm, but it still works even when cooled.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure if tis works with an older kid (cuz you'd need so much more water ad it would take longer...) but with a baby, a good "natural" way to try to lower a fever is put them in a warm bath (not too warm though) and let them sit in it til the water naturally turns cooler. Then they'll slowly cool down.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh yeah we've done that, it also settles them down when they are feeling miserable.

Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poor Kota -- hope she is doing a little better. We had heard every three hours on the Tylenol/Motrin switch off too. Also, our ped. says not to give motrin if they are throwing up alot because if they dehydrate the motrin can cause liver damage.

Samantha started throwing up last night so here we go again here. This is a nasty nasty little bug and I hope it bypasses all of you.



Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ack Danas. That's been going around here too, and hitting a lot of people. I hope she feels better quickly.

Kota woke up about 3, woke me up then rolled over and threw up all over the place. Gave her motrin (she'd slept straight through till then.) Finally got her back to sleep about an hour later and she slept til about 7:30. Fever is down, breathing is a little better (not much but better.) Got a call in to the doctors office to find out if he wants to see her or if he'll just write the prescriptions she needs. Her last trip there was before Thanksgiving, so he'll probably want her in.

Caleb got up around a quarter til 7, hopped in the shower, got dressed, came out to get breakfast. I got in the shower right after him hoping to get out before Kota got up (which I did.) Walked out in the living room, there was Caleb at the table, soggy bowl of cereal untouched in front of him, and him staring at the wall. He's running a fever, stuffy nose, headache. Unlike her, his is mainly head, no chest cold. I'm keeping him home too.

Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thx War -- hope yours get on their feet quickly too. I kept Justin out of school today as well. He threw up again last night and it just hits so quickly that I was worried he wouldn't be able to get to the bathroom on time. Plus he is still coughing a bunch.

It doesn't seem to have hit her as hard as it did him - but I didn't want to take a chance so I stayed home with them today. The problem with her is that while she was sleeping I would just hear her choking and rush her to the bathroom and it was too late. She doesn't always know that she is going to throw up. Little germ magnets these kids are!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sometimes its just better to stay home with them. You don't have to worry about being called to pick them up and can try to keep them resting for the day. Caleb probably could have gone to school today and made it through the whole day, but he'd have been miserable and wouldn't have gotten much done. I'd rather keep him home and try to get him healthy today.

Dr's office called a few minutes ago and we're going to have to go over. I'm not really suprised he wants to see her, thought with both kids home sick it'd have been much easier if he'd have just called the prescriptions in. Since he hasn't seen her in awhile I figured he'd want to see her now.

Danas15146
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03-31-2004

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hope everything is okay -- let me know what the dr. says.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dr had a whole lot to say! Minor sinus infection, ears are good, throat is irritated and red, and despite the wheezing and chest congestion, her asthma is fine. Dr said that that is from her allergies, and that she is "extremelly snotty and it's going to take a month at least to clear that up." I'm hoping she (we saw the new dr today for only the second time) was joking about that, but I don't know her well enough to know if she was or not! She said that everytime (sorry guys, this is gross) Kota sniffing up the snot the way kids do, it's going straight to her lungs which is causing the wheezing and congestion. Once we get that cleared up, her breathing should be better, at least from this.

So, prescription for amoxicillian for the infection, new prescription for Flonaze, prescription for the aerochamber, and a 30 day sample supply of Zyrtec with instructions to call back next month for a prescription for that, or if it's not working to try something different. Geez, and then add on top of it her inhalers, albueterol cough syrup, and singular (which is also a daily tablet) and the poor kids side of the medicine closet is starting to look like her dads!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I took Kota to school this morning. She was looking and feeling better than she has been the last couple days. Got there at 8:20, she came into class and started working on something she'd missed Monday (it was too cold for her to play outside.) By 9:30 she was getting pale and slumping in her seat. Said she felt fine, so I figured she was just getting tired from being in school after being at home on the couch for the past three and a half days. 10:30 we were working in groups (I was volunteering,) she was in her teachers group playing a game when she started crying (ya know that sick, silent cry...lots of tears, her making no sound.) Came and climbed in my lap, poor kid was burning up. I told her teacher I was going to bring her home, she felt Dakota's head and said, "She wasn't warm earlier!" She had been in my group half an hour before and at the time she looked pale and tired, but she wasn't running a fever. So, I brought her home, gave her some tylenol, got her into her jammies and she was out cold on the couch a few minutes later. She's still taking a nap, feels much cooler but I'm not sure yet if thats just cuz the medicine kicked in or if the fevers really gone.

If she's not better by tomorrow I'm going to have to take her back to the doctor. The antibiotic we're using is Amoxicillian and I know that doesn't work right away, so she needs to go through a couple days to see if it does work first. Darren's getting off work a little early to pick the other kids up from school so I don't have to take her out. Mom can't do it for me, and with her running a fever I don't want to take her to my neighbors so he was the only choice. I hate this shit. I hate to see my baby miserable, I just want her healthy again!

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ah,crap War. Poor little thing,I know how you feel. Miranda woke me up last night in my bed with an awful hacking cough. She was all snotfilled too. Today was 100 day,and they have the party. I was dreading telling her she would miss it.
Well,she gets up this morning and after being up for a half hour,she seems fine. So,I let her go,just didn't have the heart to tell her no. She had a hundred cheese nips to deliver gosh darnnit!!!
I'm gonna start up the humidifier for her when she gets home. Hopefully tonight will be quieter for her.
I hope Kota feels better by tomorrow and you don't have to take her back to the doc. Sick kids are just sad and pitiful.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poor kiddos! Hope they both get better soon.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh no, Hippy! I hate to hear she's sick too, though I am glad she felt ok enough to go to her celebration. Out here (and sounds like there too) they really hype that up for the little ones, it's a huge deal. I hope tonight she's feeling better and can get some rest without hacking up a lung.

When I was talking to mom she told me I should just go ahead and keep Dakota out of school the rest of the week. She's already missed 2 days, and most of today. I'm starting to think it wouldn't be a bad idea, and I know the dr would write her a note to excuse it, but I hate for her to miss that much school. She was so happy to be back today (especially when a group of her friends who were playing outside saw her and all ran up to give her hugs and welcome her back!) I guess I'll just wait and see how she feels tomorrow.

Danas15146
Member

03-31-2004

Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 6:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mine are still coughing - but no one has thrown up since Tuesday night. How's Kota feeling? Hope that Miranda is feeling better too! I hate this time of year ...

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I sent her to school this morning. She got up, no fever, said she felt fine. I went in and gave her teacher every phone number we had and the order to call them in because I have a ton of errands to do later and need to be out of the house. Usually if kids get sick, they call my house, and then mom, and then Darren at work. Mom takes care of her elderly, sick aunt, so if I can, I'd rather her not have to go pick a kid up if I can be reached on my cell or they can get ahold of Darren at work.

Keeping my fingers crossed though that she'll make it through the day. We've been through every sick day activity imaginable, every movie 3 times, she's bored to death being at home. And rather sick of being sick.

This time of year sucks, Danas! I'm glad to hear yours have stopped throwing up. I wish the cough would go away for them too, that's so hard on little ones.

Is Miranda feeling better Hip? How'd she do last night?

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am glad that your dd could go to school today Wargod. You hate to have them at home any longer than they have to be, and especially if they want to go to school.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Woohooo! Glad she got to go to school,being sick is not only no fun,it's so boring for them!
Miranda popped up this morning and said,"Hey mom,that thing really works,I hardly coughed at all!"
Yay humidifier!