Toddler sick on holiday - advice

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We arrived on Sunday to Menorca for a week, me, DP, DS1 age 3 and DS2 age 4. He woke up early this morning upset and saying he had a bad tummy, followed by lots of vomitting all day and very lethargic. He can’t even keep water down. DP has stayed in the hotel room with him all day while I’ve kept the baby away. So gutted for him as he was having so much fun and we are only here for a week anyway so he’s missing out on our last few days, tomorrow will be our last day as leaving early Sunday morning and also the holiday was expensive to gutted to be wasting it. This is his 6th time abroad and he’s never been ill before, is there something we should be doing? We have travel insurance as usual but never had to use it before.

DS2 is 3 months not age 4.. sorry random typo!

Are you sure he's not dehydrated?

Give him an ice lolly and/or tiny sips of water very regularly. Keep an eye on it.

If your baby is throwing up, not keeping fluids down lethargic and not producing urine, no matter how infectious he is, take him to emergency department for IV fluids also called a drip . Electrolyte im balance can cause strange rhythms in the heart and be very dangerous. It’s an inconvenience but it’s better to be safe.

It’s a possibility, but he prior to this he had been drinking fluids fine. He had half an ice lolly earlier and DP says he is encouraging regular fluids but he keeps bringing it back up.

It’s the 3 year old who is sick, baby is fine. I’ve been keeping him out of the way.

Main concern is dehydration

OP this child will not be fit to travel

Should I see how he gets on for the rest of today/tonight or should I ask reception for advice, or elsewhere? Never had any experience with this before so really clueless.

In your shoes, I would be getting a call out from doctor. Keep all your docs and receipts and insurance will cover.

I would be looking on to you dh and son staying behind as no way can he fly in barely 24 hours. Even if he does stop vomitting

Children deteriorate with dehydration quickly
so no I wouldn’t wait if it is as bad as you convey

Thank you, can I ask reception to arrange this, is this usual protocol? Yes I have been thinking they may need to stay behind longer and I take baby home. Such a nightmare. Flight isn’t until 11:30 Sunday morning but we leave early to be picked up by the transfer.

it isn’t just about your son when it comes to the flight
other passengers!

yes go to reception and ask them for a doctor call out.

Large resorts often have on site medical centres

We’ve just had exactly this happen with my son who is 13 - so a lot older (!) - we’re in Majorca. I think with a little one I’d get the doctor out but with my son I went to the nearest pharmacy and got some rehydration sachets. After a few of those and a day in the hotel room he was absolutely fine again. Thankfully dc usually bounce back quickly. It’s horrible when it’s on holiday though 😞

You can’t travel with a vomiting child. Arrange now to stay longer & hope you don’t all come down with it in the meantime.

I agree with others, your son needs to see a Doctor. Ask at the hotel reception (if the hotel doesn't have an on-site medical centre) and see if they can organise for a Doctor to come and see your son. The biggest issue is dehydration, and children can go down hill quickly. It might be an idea to call your insurance company too, often they can point you to the nearest Doctor in the area. Tell the Doctor you are supposed to be flying home Sunday morning. It's possible one of you may need to stay, so ask the hotel if that's possible? If it isn't then you need to start looking for alternative accomodation from Sunday. Be mindful of the fact last minute accommodation will be expensive. Ask for receipts and keep them. Have you got a credit card on you with a reasonable limit, as often you have to pay, and claim once home? The European Healthcare card covers you for some things but not everything.

Could it be something he has eaten? If its a bug I wouldn't bank on flying home on Sunday. One of mine would eat watermelon even when they were sick, cold out of the fridge? Ice cubes just melting in the mouth is another trick we had.

Who’s your travel insurance with? we had post office and had access to 24/7 support so I’d call your insurer to check your policy?
hope he feels better soon

If he’s been ill longer than 2-3 days you should have taken him to a&e!!! He could have appendicitis for goodness sake!

Who said he’s been ill longer than 2-3 days? It literally says in the post that it’s been since this morning.

He’s perked up a lot in the past few hours, albeit sleeping more than usual but understandable. He’s been keeping fluid down and has had an ice lolly and has been playing with his toys and more chatty. Hopefully this is the end of it. I will say he does seem to get sickness bouts slightly more than what I think is average.