To be worried about passing a virus onto my 3mo when he's about to have an op.

[WhiteLilys]

Sorry to post here but the general health boards are real quiet in comparison.

My LO has an op tomorrow to correct a hernia. I'm unwell at the moment and am worried about passing something onto him, primarily because If he gets sick they will more than likely postpone his operation. I'm a single parent so can't avoid him coming into contact with whatever this is and I have noticed he's been sneezing a little today.

Last Thursday I noticed a gland in my throat was tender, by Friday morning it was replaced by cold symptoms and a blocked ear. Saturday those had lessened slightly but now I've got a very upset tummy (sorry for the tmi) and feel ridiculously spaced out and weak. I've not been well enough to go out for two days and I don't feel at all "with it" iykwim.

Does anybody have any idea what this could be / has had similar recently? My thoughts are a viral infection but we've both had one not so long ago, early Feb. Was prescribed antibiotics and it went away.

I can't get a doctors appointment for the next week :(

If you had a viral infection in February, you would not have been prescribed antibiotics, as antibiotics kill only bacterial infections. If you were prescribed antibiotics, the infection cannot have been a virus - it must have been bacterial.

You having had a bacterial infection in February doesn't make it any less likely that you would have one in April. There are millions of different bacterial strains, and suffering from one will not give you immunity to any others.

A viral infection will go away whether you have antibiotics or not - who knows what you had in February. However it sounds like you have another one now, there’s nothing that says you can’t catch a different virus within so many weeks of a prior one.

Drink plenty of fluids, wash your hands thoroughly before handling your baby and hope he doesn’t catch it. If he develops symptoms be honest! Anaesthesia is safe enough but there are higher risks if he has a cold which aren’t worth taking for an elective hernia repair.

Thank you for the replies

I was prescribed amoxicillin in February, that infection must have been bacterial then.

Naively I assumed I wouldn't get the same or similar again so soon, although the symptoms are very different. I feel absolutely awful

I'll let the doctors know tomorrow that I'm sick and that have noticed LO sneeze a few times. I'd rather they postpone than take any risks definitely