Is anyone up? Awaiting a 111 call back.

[KevinTheKoala]

I rang 111 at 10 for my 6 year old and told I'd be called back within an hour....still waiting and worried sick. My poor child wants to be in her own bed but her sisters sleeping in their bedroom and the clinician will want me to wake her up when they eventually phone back, she's currently napping in between coughing her lungs up, she's had a low grade fever since Saturday evening and her nails and lips now look purplish/bluish (though not constantly, they seem to get better then worse again). She's not wheezing or gasping for breath, although she's had no voice since Sunday so it's a little hard to say whether or not she can talk normally. I feel like I'm torturing myself at the moment because I have no idea what to do here, but if it were an emergency 111 would have sent us straight to hospital and certainly wouldn't be leaving it this long for a 1 hour call back surely?

Listen to me.

You have done the right thing.

The end

Oh my god go to a and e she obviously needs a nebuliser and antibiotics- tell her dad she’s poorly go with your gut and make him drive you both

How am I supposed to force a grown adult to drive us somewhere where he doesn't want to go? Do people really think it is possible to just make someone do things? The OOH still haven't rang and I don't know what to think at this point.

Deep breaths OP you've got this. You have done the right thing - you phoned for advice and now you're following it.

Now is not the time to waste your energy getting upset at your DH. You're right, he won't change and you need to prioritise getting your daughter seen.

As a pp said snuggle up on the couch till they phone. You're following advice. It will be ok.

Keep posting here so you don't feel too alone. We are with you.

Wait for the OOH to get back to you. Emphasise that you will have trouble getting there as they might find somewhere nearer.

Do not second guess yourself, get her seen. Your DH is not a medical person and knows nothing. You got this.

Oh darling. Could you get your best friend/mum/dad/colleague/neighbour ANYONE to take you? Please take her to a&e with those symptoms. I was second guessing taking dd to a&e 2 days ago, but she has a burst appendix and sepsis. Hope she feels better soon and give her a little hug from me xx

I hope everything is ok OP

Still no phone call as of yet, I was literally just typing that she looked a better colour after a solid chunk of sleep without coughing but she's just woken up coughing again. It truly does sound like she is gasping for air when she coughs, but otherwise she's breathing normally.

Call them back maybe? How long have you been waiting? Handhold. Poor little one, it’s so awful seeing them ill, I was crying into my coffee yesterday!

Can you phone OOH yourself?

And tell your husband better safe than sorry. He is prioritising his own sleep?

I can't find the number online, or anything about OOHs in my area actually! Other than walk in clinics that open later.

And he says I overreact to everything, it's not the first time he's refused to help me take the children to hospital/OOH. I'm irrational and I'm never right about anything according to him.

I rang 111 at 10pm. Got a phone call back at 1.20am and still waiting now.

Been there, done that. The gp phoned an ambulance from the surgery.

Oh honey. At this point I’d be either calling an ambulance to take you to a&e or asking someone to take you. Hugs x

Ring an ambulance now - she needs A&E. I’m a doctor

Have you tried searching GP Hub in your local area? I think that's what the OHH is generally called.

I would call 111 back and follow the option for condition has got worse and explain that you called at 10pm and are still waiting to speak to a medical professional and your daughter has got worse.

I appreciate it is not your priority in this moment but I would leave your partner/divorce your husband if he is not capable of supporting you in something like this.

This is on the nhs website, dd had some of the same symptoms to your daughter and has sepsis. Ring 999 now, or get to a&e asap.

practical things help calm a little - get a bag ready with phone/charger/plug, book, drinks, toiletries, change of clothes, cuddly toy etc

That’s whilst you are ringing 999!

I can't believe they still haven't got you in. You poor woman and poor dd. Time for faith in yourself. Ambulance x

I think you should ring for an ambulance

Ring an ambulance. I hope you are ok.

I'm gathering what's needed for A&E, I have most things I think, these are a couple of pictures I've taken throughout the night. I'm not sure if you can see the bluish tinge I'm talking about? If I'm crazy please tell me!! I'd rather be crazy than in this situation frankly.

I also think you should ring 999. Best of luck. I hope it turns out to be nothing too serious.

My partner was like this and that’s why he’s an ex.