QUICK ADVICE PLEASE: I think dd's lips just turned blue ...

[Twiglett]

she's 18 months has a bit of a cold / chesty cough but is otherwise fine but we've just come in and she's gone shivery and I think her lips went blue for a few minutes

is this something to worry about .. she really seems fine in general and is drawing by my side now

oh she had MMR last thursday

[Twiglett]

she seemed pale as well but has her colour back in her cheeks now

[misdee]

just the lips or skin around the lips?

[Twiglett]

the outside of the lips so it was pinkish in the middle - but seemed grey in the skin

oh I don't know, I think I might have been imagining it now

[misdee]

could it be that she was cold? when cold the body dirverts blood back to the major organs, that whay peoples hands and feet so numb as well.

[LIZS]

Is she wheezy at all ? How warm are her hands and feet ?

[Twiglett]

yes you're probably right

its just they weren't blue outside but were about 5 minutes after we got into the warmth

[GeorginaA]

Pop to the docs now while surgery is still open to give her a quick check over? Can't hurt and might go someways to putting your mind at rest? (Better now than after 5pm when surgery is closed, imo)

[Twiglett]

she is a little 'hard of breathing' because of cold / cough combo

[gingerbear]

Twiglett, YG took her DD2 to hospital when her lips turned blue - she has just got home after being kept in overnight - viral tonsilitis and chest infection

[nailpolish]

you could always call nhs 24

if you were outside the light is different and maybe you didnt notice she was a bit blue (from being cold) and when you came in you saw the pink returning to her extremities

being a bit blue when freezing cold outside is ok as the body keeps the inner organs warm by surrounding them with blood, blood is diverted away from non-essential parts of the body such as lips and toes

hope she is ok twig, dont worry

[nailpolish]

i had to call an ambulance once when my dd1 had a terrible cold and she was so bunged up her airway was blocked - but at the same time she blacked out and went limp in my arms

is she tiring for breath and sleepy, are her hands and feet cold, does she have a fast pulse

[Twiglett]

thanks all

checked with doctors and they said to take her to A&E

seems it was a febrile convulsion (or kind of like one without the fitting).. nurofen and calpol

so glad to be out of there - there was a woman in the next bay singing incessentantly to her baby - fair enough - but she was singing Jingle Bells and had bells with her as an acoompaniment and everytime she got to the end of the first verse she'd start again - it was driving me crazy. I nearly signed out AMA to get away

[Blu]

Oh what a shock!
Glad she is ok.

Bah Humbug, you!

[misdee]

glad dd is ok. must be a shock.

and sorry but pmsl at jingle bells.

[GeorginaA]

Glad you had her checked out. Hope she feels better very soon