Should I be concerned? NHS direct only taking urgent cases. DD1 vomited violently last night for 6 hours.. 12 hours later she's been sick again?

[cookiemonstress]

DD1 (4yrs) woke 3am last night and was sick. Sick on the hour until 6am. Sick again at 9am (apologies if TMI). Really perked up during the day. Drank and ate a little. Interested, alert. Not complaining of any other symptoms.No diarhea (sp) Was fast asleep but woke up and vomited twice at just gone 9pm.

At about 5pm, I caved to her requests for small chocolate mousse (had just been dry toast and water up til then).

Is this normal? Allegedly a bug going round her pre-school and teachers say a bit of a nasty one (whatever that means, one vomit is nasty enough for me!). My experience of stomach viruses is a bout of vomiting and then for it to stop. Not experienced a revival like this before? Was the mousse to blame?

Called NHS direct to double check. Apparently only taking urgent cases and will be at least 4 hours before anyone calls back.

Any old hands/medical people have any thoughts on this?

[tattifer]

I'm not medical, but I'd be thinking of keeping fluids up, little and often.

What about phoning your GP for an out of hours contact number?

[scrooged]

Fluids in small sips, then increase as she vomits less. Once she's able to keep fluids down then try some toast and take it from there.

Look out for dehydration: Sunken eyes, no wee in 24 hours, dry skin and mouth, drowsy.

I hope she's feeling better soon , this is normal, they pick up all sorts at nursery. Ds once had a vomiting bug that made him sick in the evenings every night for a week. Weird!!

[nannygirl]

Ours (15 mths) had a vomiting bug recently, GP said 10 ml every 10 minutes, so about 60 ml/hour. If no improvement over 24 hours or she is sick a lot, no wee in 12 hours, I'd get out of hours GP to call or go to A&E.

Children can deteriorate very quickly. If she seems worse in your opinion, and she is not drinking, then consider taking her in urgently. Agree with scrooged.

hth and she feels better soon.

[DumbledoresGirl]

I would say the mousse was to blame yes. The only time I have ever known any of my children be sick again once they have initially stopped vomiting was the time I thought ds2 was better and gave him milk and chocolate at bedtime. It all came back up pretty quickly. Stick to bland foods such as plain toast or plain biscuits, and nothing dairy for a couple of days.

(But don't panic too much as the amount of vomiting you describe sounds nothing like as bad as some nights we have spent with ds1 who used to vomit every 20 minutes all through the night when he had a tummy bug.)

[mileniwmffalcon]

not medical either, but this sounds pretty standard to me (not that that makes it any less horrible to go through). i know the advice isn't to starve them any more, although i still wait until they've kept water down for a good hour or so before a small square of toast and take it very gradually.

when they're being sick i'm extra strict on hygiene, handwashing etc. - it's bad enough dealing with them being sick without you catching it too.

[mullercorner]

If your concerned and it continues plus she gets dehydrated got with your gut feeling and get to A & E.

She is 4 years old - very, very young, dont hesitate imo

[cookiemonstress]

Thanks ladies.. Thank gawd for MN..whereas can you get reassurance at 10pm on a friday!
I have been conscious of fluids and I thought we were out of the woods as she had kept fluids and (small) bits of bread down during the day.
I knew dairy was a bad idea but she was adamant and I caved. I guess i expected it to rebound immediately though.
Scrooged.. that is weird about nightly vomiting!

I'm just hoping no-one else gets it. I have got an out of hours number for doc so if deterioration, I'll def give a call.

THanks again.

[scrooged]

Sometimes it needs some time to fester!!!!

[ilovemydogandMrObama]

DS had a dreadful bug. We went to A & E and they wanted DS to try Diorlyte. 5ml every 5 minutes (he's 13 months, so may be different for older children). He was vomiting even that, so he ended up on a drip as he was severely dehydrated.

The main issue is whether or not she is keeping fluids down.

But you know if she's not right and whether she needs to be seen. Worst case scenario is that you go to A & E and she gets examined and you are reassured.

Hope she feels better soon...

[cookiemonstress]

she seems to be keeping fluids down and she is now asleep. She is not distressed by the vomiting (unlike me, i don't show it but I hate it when my dc are ill, def not my comfort zone) and in between is perky. She has colour in her cheeks in between. But I will keep an eye and if any doubt will whizz to a&e. Even if it's fri evening in a central london hospital.

Poor dd1. She keeps saying, 'i'm being very brave aren't I mummy'.. The washing machine on the other hand is protesting...