Handhold please - toddler won't stay awake

[Sadmummy101]

Currently sat next to the hospital bed of my sleeping little girl. She's been asleep bar a few ten mins periods since 1.30pm yesterday. Slept through a GP appointment (including a finger prick blood test), transfer to hospital, first doctor assessment, briefly woke up for the nurse who gave her some chocolate buttons to try and give her a boost - only to fall asleep halfway through eating them. She's had bloods taken now and fell back to sleep three mins after. Still asleep now.

They don't really know why. She's had a cold and croup and her tonsils are a bit red and she has a cough, but nothing really to explain why she is so sleepy. She's highly active normally - will happily walk four miles, doesn't nap etc..

I don't know what I'm after. I'm just worried. Her obs are pretty much ok at the moment but I don't want to take her home without answers.

I am sorry you are going through this, but I really don't think it sounds that abnormal with a nasty virus.

Oh gosh OP it is so worrying when little ones are like this. Did the bloods give any answers?

Thank you all for your support, it meant a lot. Just to update - blood tests showed an infection but not at the sky high levels you'd expect with sepsis so we came home at about 10pm last night with broad spectrum antibiotics because they still aren't sure exactly where the infection is and said that if she still had a temp by this evening or was the same level of sleepy to come straight back again. Fortunately she's now a "normal" level of tired for being ill, and will actually talk to me rather than staring into space with eyes half closed for the 3-5 mins she had been managing to stay awake.