How many times have you taken your DC to A&E?

[SurlejTiger]

DH think it's ridiculous the number of times we've been. I think it's pretty normal, we have active outdoorsy DC and have often thought we've been quite luck so far.
5 times with DS, now 12 and 3 times with DD (10).

Neither of mine have ever been to A&E. We took DD to urgent care when she was a baby (told to by 111) as she was screaming and vomiting constantly. Eventually diagnosed with CMPA.

I had to take DS to urgent care once last year because he had an awful ear infection and couldn't eat or sleep. I tried to get him a GP appointment but they couldn't fit him in, so told me to take him there.

My DD 11 has been loads of times - complex additional needs combined with a very high pain threshold means we can’t easily tell how seriously she’s hurt herself, or how serious an illness might be for her. My DS 9 has been once. Different kids, different needs.

I’ve taken DD (8) four or five times as she’s always throwing herself around or falling over roller skating. She’s had two broken bones, wrist and elbow.

DS (11) is a much less physical child and has only been once, for croup when he was a baby.

Dd only once, an ill advised visit in frosty weather (sent by whatever the equivalent was 111 can't remember what it was called). Ds1 3 times, trapped fingers, split chin open, split head open, the last one resulted in a small operation, they sent us off to London for it, no idea why, there surely must have been a surgeon capable in the hospital .

Ds2 3 times, fever when 2 weeks old, kept in for 2 days was fine, small leg fracture on his first birthday (many many questions, as it should be) hurt leg when he was about 8, wasn't broken.

The only time I went to A&E as a kid was when I had a compound fracture as a 12 yo, but this was in the days a Dr would do a home visit, had plenty of those (asthma). Its actually sad to see how much the NHS has deteriorated, people expect so little. Even when my first child in 2003 had a bad reaction after her first jabs, I called up and was sent a minibus to traffic me to an out of hours place and seen pretty promptly. I don't think I would have had kids if I had any inkling of the shitshow life is now.

3 times.
Once when he swallowed a coin and was complaining of chest pain.
Twice with a broken collarbone (DS is almost 10)

Once with 11 year old and never with 7 year old . Both have been to urgent care centre about 3 times .

Once each with DS1 and DS3 - a knee injury and a head injury respectively.

DS2, I lost count... several as a child and at least twice as an adult <sigh>

Child 1 has been 6x: sepsis from untreated tonsillitis (GP refused abx); another tonsillitis not responding to abx and blocking airway in the early hours; once with abdominal pain/suspected appendicitis (was fine); twice in the week following tonsillectomy for bleeding issues; and once for a sprained ankle

Child 2 has been 5x: at 3 weeks old with suspected sepsis caused by a UTI; at 7m with norovirus that ravaged his little body and left him severely dehydrated; at 10 months old with another UTI; at 18m with hand foot and mouth (but his temperature could not be reduced and he had screamed for 6 hours solid); with tonsillitis that wasn’t responding to abx and a fever that could not be controlled, no improvement after 5 days

I think we have been fairly heavy users of A&E compared to the average family. Both children have had IV abx a couple of times.

DS - 4 times with breathing issues. Eventually diagnosed asthmatic aged 5 and is coping ok now
DD - 2 times, a burn and an illness with no wet nappies during covid when GP refused to see them. Turned out to be tonsillitis so with a prescription for a numbing throat spray DC could drink again. Nothing a GP couldn’t do

I’ve been twice in my life - once when I fainted in the street and once when my appendix ruptured.
DH has been once for a football related incident.
DD1 has been 5 times. Once for stitches when a swing hit her under the chin and 4 times for breaking her arm - same arm, same place every time!
DD2 has been once for the same swing injury as her sister!
between us we have 200+ years and have been 9 times, that’s an average of once every 22 years.

However, my 2 grandchildren have been a total of 4 times in their combined 6 years, an average of once every 18 months. Severe croup twice, chicken pox and drinking half a bottle of Piriton😳.

Dd10 4 times. Once for missed tonsillitis (worried about sepsis), once for orbital cellulitis and admitted for 9 days including emergency surgery. Once for an accident that needed a wound glueing and finally one when she got a chunk of wood stuck under her nail.

Ds9 countless times with admissions (additional needs)