Just after some advice really. My 15 month old daughter has chicken pox and is really suffering.
She has had a fever since yesterday morning, been controlling it with calpol. Last night at bed time she had a febrile seizure, cue a fast trip to A&E as we had no idea what was happening. After observation etc she was discharged and came home. She had a bad night but managed some sleep.
Today we've had her stripped off, kept the house cool, kept up with the calpol etc to keep her temp down, as advised by hospital, but she has refused to have any drinks (managed 3Oz of milk this morning but nothing else).
I'm so worried because I don't want her to get dehydrated. She has had a few wet nappies through the day and when she cries she shed tears so don't think she is dehydrated but she has just gone to bed and refused to even have a sip of milk. Terrified that she is going to have a fever in the night and become dehydrated.
I've been giving her snacks of grapes, put loads of milk in her dinner and gave her a fruit pot with sneakily added water but really bothered that it might not be enough.
Honestly, no one told me how terrifying it is being a mum sometimes
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15mo, chicken pox, fever, seizure and refusing to drink
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PoxyChick · 22/05/2010 19:55
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