Had to take ds to casualty again...

[bobbybob]

And I was sick of the nurse saying "it's probably just a tummy bug" and me patiently saying - no it's an allergic reaction, please get a doctor immediately.

She obviously hadn't been on the course where you learn to listen to the parent. She was saying "his speech is fine" and I was saying "no he's taking ages to answer simple questions and his speech is slurred". But because he's only 2 and a half she was impressed that he could answer anything.

When ds had a second wave and threw up again, we attracted the attention of a doctor. We were put in a observation ward until 11pm (then it closes due to lack of funding). Ds was much better so we were sent home.

Glad he's recoverd though.
What is he allergic to?

Loads of stuff - eggs, peanuts, latex, banana, avocado, colourings, preservatives...

What a bummer....
What had he had that set him off?

As usual no idea, I gave him a bit of bread roll from the bakers (so I'll ring them today) but he'd been to MIL for tea and had a new preservative free crumpet (so I need to ring that bakery too, as their label said wheat, yeast, milk). Could have been some undeclared egg.

Gosh,that must make life very tough for you.
I suppose you have to take his food along yourself whenever you go out?

Yes we do, but every now and then I give him something and he reacts and afterwards I think "that was so dumb". Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it.

I was really scared that this nurse wasn't listening to us.

So do you give him antihisthamines etc first bobbybob before taking him to casualty?

Yes, we gave him a whole 5mls of Zyrtec (on top of the 5ml he had already had earlier in the day for something else).

bummer. slurred speech was not the drugs then? (i use piriton for my dd so i think the ingredients are different)

It could have been the drugs that were slurring his speech - but it was the fact that she was saying he was fine when she has never met him before. And I was saying he wasn't and I'm his mother.

Yep - had that too with nurses too. And some docs. Had to battle to get our epipen.

BB - scary for you not to be listened to, when obv you know him better. Heck, I know he talks well and I've never met him!

Glad he's OK x x x

How are you today hunker?

Better, thanks, QV - had a mad dream last night where I went through the whole birth (had a girl, have dreamt boy before though!), at home, in birthing pool, all fine. Think my subconscious is trying to tell me something! LOL!

Sorry for hijack, BB.

Hijack away - just been to GP and got the forms filled in for Medic Alert (have to be signed by doctor here). Epipen are now in new case with a rubber bung so I am waiting for them to get back to me about whether this is a latex free rubber. Surely they couldn't be that dumb?

Having my own weird reaction to Oestrogen (went back on pill - big mistake).

Bloody nurse - I observed her with some other people and she was the same.

Its sad when you get someone like that - it makes gives you an overall negative view of the department doesnt it.

Surely epipens wouldn't be in allergy-inducing casing?! That would be mental (but sounds plausible ).

How did the peanuts at nursery tale end, BB?

I'm still waiting to hear back - but you're right, you never know how much insanity there can be in the world.

Peanuts at nursery? What peanuts at nursery? MP and Ministry of Education have sorted it out. Did I get an apology from company HO about ridiculous and it turns out completely non factual letters from Area Manager? Did I heck. But hey ds is safe, so I will do the gracious thing and shut up about it.

Sorry to hear the trouble you had at casualty bb. These things are frightening enough without having to argue for care. I would write a letter of complaint about the nurse - minutes are vital in these reactions as you well know.

glad he was OK. During our epipen training the nurse always says if they can talk fairly normally it's not such an emergency. That might be what your nurse thought? She should still recognise you know best if his speech is affected. Its possible to go into anaphylactic shock before breathing is really bad, I wish they'd teach them that too.

I can understand the nurse saying it to reassure me if I was hysterical, but I was quite calm. I was clear and firm though - no way was I sitting in a waiting room watching him get worse. I said it had happened before and I was quite sure.

His pulse was 150, he was bright red (like sunburn, even his eyes) what more did the woman want?

had you used his epipen? Seems like she could do with more training.