To be really frightened and want a doctor :(

[HackAttack]

My 23 month old was seen out of hours a week on Sunday ago with a 39.9 temp. Turned out to be tonsillitis, penicillin prescribed.

80 hours later temp still needing calpol and nurofen to stay under control. Minimal fluid and almost no food going in. Also having flu symptoms (didn't before) plus diarrhoea. Gp reviews and switches to arythromicin (Thursday). Huge improvement, eating small amounts and having a little energy back.

Roll on today, as of 5 pm, projectile vomiting starts out of nowhere. Advised to stop new antibiotics as infection is probably gone. Six times since 5 pm.

He struggles to gain weight normally and through illness in one week has lost the pound it took nearly three months to gain. He's visibly skinny all over and dribbling lots.

He's seen out of hours earlier and I keep getting the paranoid parent look. I'm really not he's barely seen a doctor since he was born, plus I have lots on at work. I'm just frightened my baby is so ill :(

Hack
Just a thought. Has he had tonsillitis before? DS2 developed chronic tonsillitis when he was a bit younger than your DS. He would have antibiotics, perk up for a week or two then gradually deteriorate again as the infection was never fully cleared. He vomited a lot, ran high temperatures and was pale, skinny, smallish and not very lively. We had his tonsils removed when he was about 3 after multiple flare ups. Within weeks he was like a different child. Eating well, lively, growing well. He is now 9, very sporty and a normal height and weight.

Matilda certainly looks very healthy and happy now. for you and a for her.

And the same to you, HackAttack and I hope your DS continues to recover and strengthen.

Sounds like he is on the up, but for future reference, I would never take a chance with a smallie - I would have gone straight to A&E or doctor on call. I'd rather overreact than the reverse.

Yes, try and get him to a doctor if you can. Even if it's just for your peace of mind, you'll feel better.

Hope he's still improving OP and eating lots!!

For those who've had kids with coeliac - did your DC have any signs apart from poor weight gain? DS2 has never been tested or it even mentioned. We've spent the last few months giving him as calorie dense food as we can (winter bugs always make them lose as you know!!) and he was weighed yesterday and is 2lbs down from last summer....... He eats a lot and is quite active and generally pretty healthy but thin as a rake!!

I don't know if it was clear in my post, he was seen again by the gp after all got advice (about ten hours sleep last week so I wasn't making much sense. We didn't go to a and e but we had a first thing in the morning gp appointment.

Chaz it is his second bout of tonsillitis.

Naomi what a difference!! That's amazing! Also that's what the doctors always say with ds 'he's got no fat on him at all'

I'll be determinedly getting to the bottom of that with the paediatrician in March. Appointment is the 7th so not long to go.

Hi OP
Glad he's doing better. We had a virtually identical episode with ds1 when he was 2 - norovirus and tonsilitis together. We had to syringe fluids into him for 3 days (took 2 of us, horribly traumatic) and he lost a terrifying amount of weight (was small and skinny to begin with, was emaciated by the end of it).

It was a bad, bad 10 days but he made a full recovery, weight went back on and he's never been that ill since (is now a smallish, skinny 11 year old).

Glad he's on the mend & good luck for the paed app't

Coeliac can present in lots of varied ways but can be completely symptom less. Of course most young children who are diagnosed generally have many strong symptoms as it is much more likely to be picked up if they do. Failure to thrive (ie gain weight) is a classic symptom and if there is no other obvious reason causing it its worth investigating.

Thanks tinker I definitely will as even now he's eating again he looks painfully thin. Doesn't seem to bother him but it looks terrible :(. He eats so well, had wheetabix, banana and fruit juice this morning then started pinching his brother's toast. He loves food!

Glad you've posted he's better Hack.

My GP (now retired, boo!) was amazing. I had gastroenteritis as a baby which nearly killed me and was therefore paranoid (being honest here!) about DD whenever she got a bug. The GP was wonderful. Obvs I couldn't take her in when she had them but I was able to ring up and he would ring me back, talk me through the symptoms and reassure me, then tell me to bring her in once she'd stopped so he could double check her and make sure there was nothing underlying.

He also advocated ice cream or anything she liked to get fluid into her when she had anything that stopped her eating or drinking.

Just keep an eye that the tonsilitis doesn't keep recurring.