Advice required urgently please

[Lifegoeson]

DS - 22 months - may have eaten a little of cat sick, went into room just after kitten had vomited, he had a little round his mouth but I'm not sure if/how much went in, if it did, it wasn't much I don't think, should I take him to Dr?

yeeesh!!
God i don't know - hopefully you're on to NHs Direct in the meantime.

sorry can only help by bumping

x post with alt, sorry

bumped anyway

Thanks Alt, I can't get a signal at the moment though.

NHS direct.

God don't even bother with NHS (re)direct...waste of time in my opinion...I work in A and E. It's cat sick and unless you cat is actually ill from something I doubt very much it'll do him any harm at all. I'm sure he's going to end up or has eaten much worse in his life. However, if he starts to throw up more than once himself take him to your GP's.

What happened with the poster Loonies?

Hope DS is ok OP. I agree to call NHS direct and hopefully they will say not to worry

Managed to get signal, on the phone now...

I don't think Blue Collie said they were a waste of time per se

Gosh alt I hope you're ok.

Blue you were right, useless, more interested in my address and other details, I know they have to do this, but, I had to confirm it about 4 times, then the nurse kept talking about cat poo and food, they don't have vomit listed, absolutely rubbish I'm sorry to say, am going to Drs now, altho DS seems fine...

I think they will probably be fine, I would be more concerned if it was cat poo to be honest as it can be full of parasites. I think the advice you'll probably get is to just keep a close eye on your little one and only present to A&E if they show signs of being unwell or start having D&V themselves.

On the plus side (if there is one), store this in the memory bank - i'm sure any future GFs will love to hear all about it in about 16 years time! [evil grin emoticon]

Just to add that it's probably best to check with NHS direct anyway - not like i'm qualified in anything medical.

Depends on why the cat was sick - if it's been eating odd berries from the garden then your DS may need to be observed for a while in case he's ingested something poisonous. If it was just a hairball then I wouldn't worry too much.

Agree that in this instance NHS direct wouldn't be a lot of help as I suspect it falls outside their protocols so they would automatically jump to the "see your own doc if worried" box.

Altinkum - glad you're ok now, but I'm not sure I would use NHS direct with a severe asthma attack either. An episode that bad should be seen in ED, a telephone triage line can't treat it. FWIW, I'd have called a blue light ambulance!

Hope your little girl is okay.

Actually I do think that NHS Direct are not worth the time and your tax money. I can not think of a single member of staff of any A and E I have worked that doesn't have the same opinion. This is probably why they aren't going to be around much longer. I'm sure you would have just called an ambulance if they hadn't been around. NHS direct have called ambulances for lots of patients and I would say 80% aren't required to come into A and E and not in an ambluance. Those people could have managed to get their own way rather than take up a much needed EMERGENCY ambluance for the sake of a cold, constipation, possible broken finger, hangover....I could go on. That's why we call it NHS re-direct. Lots comes to us as their little script on the computer tells them to because the staff aren't allowed to use their own brains and ask questions deviating from the script which would give a much clearer picture. This is why one of my colleagues left it. Okay rant over, sorry about that.

Sorry I've only just seen this but thought I'd post to offer some reassurance.

My DS ate some cat vomit when he was around a year old but was absolutely fine. He's 6 now and there's been no lasting effects!

The circumstances were that DP was looking after him but watching the football or something at the same time, didn't notice the cat had regurgitated some food, DS suddenly went quiet and when DP checked there DS was chomping away on some cat puke

Hope all is well with your DS.

I agree about NHS direct being crap IME...my son had raging temp and swollen throat so phoned to be informed that somebody would phone me back in 6 hours! I called emergency docs instead. Would like to think NHS direct would get back quicker in real emergency but not a chance I'd take!
My sister ate all sorts of disgusting things at your childs age, including cat sick! She's still around to tell the tale!
Agree with other poster, if he vomits more than once then take him A&E, otherwise just get the poor love a drink...I wouldn't imagine cat sick tastes to good!

LOL, I really wouldn't worry about it. DS1 has eaten much worse things than cat vomit and our dog used to get there quite often before I could clean it up, all with no adverse effects.

As someone upthread posted if the cat had eaten something poisonous you might have a problem, but if it just that usual disgusting line of fur and food they like to do I think he will be fine.

DS is fine, Dr said just to keep an eye on him, temp, appetite etc, he's as rowdy and riotous as per, so no harm done. Thank you to everyone who responded, much appreciato. x

Twinklepants - Yes, safely stored for revenge purposed in the future! - Maybe raise it at his 13th birthday party!