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Anyone up? So worried about DD

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worriedmama202 · 26/12/2022 04:37

Currently on hold to 111 but I'm so worried. DD who is 3 has had a temp since Christmas Eve, it's been up and down ranging between 38.6 and 39.7 but it's currently at 40.7 and I can't get it down. She's snotty and complaining of a sore head and is now bringing everything including calpol/nurofen back up, the last lot she brought up was clear with what looks like specks of blood in it.
Has anyone had similar and what was it?
I know there's some horrible bugs going around at the moment so it could just be that but the fact I can't get her temperature down and what looks like blood now in her sick is really worrying me.

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ImustLearn2Cook · 26/12/2022 07:29

Hoping you get seen soon and your dd gets well soon 💐

crazycycle · 26/12/2022 07:30

Hope she’s seen and is ok. Had similar worries over 40+ temp and v bad cough with one of my DDs last week. It eventually came down after 24hrs to a normal high temp of 38.9 but then lasted another 4 days. Eventually got penicillin prescribed and that seems to be helping. Fingers crossed for your DD

Zonder · 26/12/2022 07:39

Hope you have been seen and your DD has got some help.

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FT123456 · 26/12/2022 07:41

Hoping everything is okay OP, and your little one is feeling better x

NCNCNCYEP · 26/12/2022 07:45

Hope everything’s ok ❤️

Lineeyes222 · 26/12/2022 07:51

Hope she gets seem quickly in A&E. My DD was exactly the same a week ago. We took her to the GP who sent us straight to A&E.

It was tonsillitis, probably caused by Strep A. In A&E they gave her paracetamol suppositories as she wasn't keeping anything down due to the high fever. They almost admitted her as she was dehydrated too, but the suppositories were like magic and within a few hours she was drinking and feeling a lot better. Antibiotics took about 2 days to properly kick in, and she was back to normal after 3 days.

Hope your DD gets well soon.

Chocolateismyfavourite · 26/12/2022 07:54

Hope she's ok and you get seen fairly quickly x

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worriedmama202 · 26/12/2022 08:16

Thanks everyone for the support, we got triaged within 30 minutes and have a bed thankfully but it's around a 7 hour wait to see a doctor. Temps still very high and she can't keep anything down but she's sleeping at the moment so we're managing.

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ZeViteVitchofCwismas · 26/12/2022 08:21

Thank goodness op ,at least you are in!
7 hours wait!!

Extraordinary.

TheOtherBoleynGirls · 26/12/2022 08:22

At least you’re there, that’s a positive. I hope she manages to get some sleep and is seen a bit quicker x

Torturedsoul · 26/12/2022 08:40

My daughter, 1 at the time, had a temp of 40 and we ended up in A&E last year as it wouldn't come down. She wasn't taking calpol well at all. We ended up with suppositories which worked wonders very quickly. Hopefully it will be a quick fix for you when you get seen.

Isthisabitweird · 26/12/2022 08:48

Is the nurse able to get fluids into her by IV or do they need to wait for a doctor to do that?

RosesAndHellebores · 26/12/2022 09:01

Can suppositories be bought otc here nowadays? They are so much better for littlest who can't keep meds down or won't take them x

I hope your little one @worriedmama202 is feeling better soon. Have you asked the nurse if some suppositories could be written up whilst she waits to be seen. It might avoid the need for a IV paracetamol and make her feel able to take sips of water.

Notanotherone6 · 26/12/2022 09:13

RosesAndHellebores · 26/12/2022 09:01

Can suppositories be bought otc here nowadays? They are so much better for littlest who can't keep meds down or won't take them x

I hope your little one @worriedmama202 is feeling better soon. Have you asked the nurse if some suppositories could be written up whilst she waits to be seen. It might avoid the need for a IV paracetamol and make her feel able to take sips of water.

I'm sure that the paediatric nurses will know the best course of action, without having to take advice from the patient's mother.

I hope your little one feels better soon, op.

Betwixlass · 26/12/2022 09:21

Really sorry OP, that is worrying. My son had the high temp, banging headache etc it seemed to get better then just dragged on for over a week. The doctor assured us it was viral and to wait it out but it’s really hard to see your child suffer for days on end.

I hope she gets well soon

RosesAndHellebores · 26/12/2022 09:23

@Notanotherone6 I wouldn’t be so sure. I've had to request pain relief for mine before now when they have had broken bones needing surgery. It is my experience that parents have to advocate for their dc (and a few decades later, their pare ts).

Also a UK nurse might not think about suppositories without prompting as they are not the norm in the UK (why I shall never know) whereas they are on the Continent.

SinnerBoy · 26/12/2022 09:30

worriedmama202

Thanks everyone for the support, we got triaged within 30 minutes and have a bed thankfully but it's around a 7 hour wait to see a doctor.

I'm glad you're in hospital and I hope that all will be well. Our DD developed a high temperature and went limp, when she was 15 months. We rushed her to paediatric A&E, on the advice of 111. The doctor gave us some orange juice and a Calpol syringe and told us to keep giving her squirts, to keep he hydrated.

Have they told you anything like that?

Pianofar · 26/12/2022 09:30

Notanotherone6 · 26/12/2022 09:13

I'm sure that the paediatric nurses will know the best course of action, without having to take advice from the patient's mother.

I hope your little one feels better soon, op.

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Actually suppositories don't tend to be offered here very much at all, I've been in with DS and they've kept trying calpol and I've had to ask if he can have a suppository. I am a dual trained nurse so I know they exist, they're licensed, they will have some in and if a child is vomiting their medication up we always offer as an alternative so not sure why many many many settings don't. Cost I expect and takes a bit longer/not as pleasant to administer.

I'd say often parents do need to advocate for their children, as long as they are polite and aren't out to undermine then what's the issue.

Pianofar · 26/12/2022 09:32

RosesAndHellebores · 26/12/2022 09:23

@Notanotherone6 I wouldn’t be so sure. I've had to request pain relief for mine before now when they have had broken bones needing surgery. It is my experience that parents have to advocate for their dc (and a few decades later, their pare ts).

Also a UK nurse might not think about suppositories without prompting as they are not the norm in the UK (why I shall never know) whereas they are on the Continent.

I suspect the answer is cost, you can technically buy them without a prescription as long as the pharmacist is satisfied but they're very pricey. We've had them prescribed before as he used to always vomit up oral medication and they were amazing.

That's good OP hope you get seen soon.

ButterBastardBeans · 26/12/2022 09:33

If I had assumed medical staff know best, I would be in a wheelchair and my DH would be dead.

Everyone, always advocate for a loved one in a medical setting always, always.

Salome61 · 26/12/2022 09:39

Best wishes OP, I hope your daughter has a speedy recovery.

katepilar · 26/12/2022 09:39

RosesAndHellebores · 26/12/2022 09:23

@Notanotherone6 I wouldn’t be so sure. I've had to request pain relief for mine before now when they have had broken bones needing surgery. It is my experience that parents have to advocate for their dc (and a few decades later, their pare ts).

Also a UK nurse might not think about suppositories without prompting as they are not the norm in the UK (why I shall never know) whereas they are on the Continent.

I have always wondered about it too /I am from continental Europe and was very surprised to see all the calpol and syrups/. Especially if the child is vommitting. I am surpriced that in the UK they would think about IV paracetamol before a suppositary.

LimePickles · 26/12/2022 09:45

I agree with being an advocate.

Has she been checked by a nurse recently, is she keeping an fluid down?

My DS was taken to hospital on Boxing Day, years ago, by my (now ex) DH, because we couldn’t get his temperature down. He was 3.

I always did the hospital stays but DS had already been in hospital for a few nights that week with a chest infection, and I was so tired I let his dad take him.

When I got there I found DS in a side room, looking dreadful, and DH said they hadn’t seen a nurse for hours or a dr at all.

I went straight down the corridor and asked for ward manager and asked firmly for him to be seen. A nurse came straight away and they gave him a suppository (took a couple of staff as DS wasn’t happy and didn’t want to he touched 😞).

A dr then appeared quite quickly and they started DS on IV antibiotics.

Probably even more short staffed these days than they were back then and added to that there will be more people off with COVID and the majority of consultants take holiday over Christmas and new year (why the NHS is run like this I don’t know, if should be a 24 hour service for highly paid drs but then doing 9-5 week days) and anyone who tells you that the service is the same on bank holidays is lying.

Don’t be afraid to politely but firmly make a fuss - if you are really worried but aren’t getting anywhere then ask them to make sure they write in the notes that you asked for him to be reviewed, and what your concerns are. That usually speeds things up (spent quite a bit of time in hospital when DS was little!)

I hope your DD is feeling a lot better soon.

LimePickles · 26/12/2022 09:46

*when I got there the next morning, he hadn’t been seen overnight

My ex-DH wouldn’t say boo to a goose and he just there all night !

Riverlee · 26/12/2022 09:57

Hoping dd has been seen and everything us okay.