@NCforHairC
what a sanctimonious and snide response.
I hope she is ok OP. I’m obviously lacking in common sense and basic medical
knowledge too because I wouldn’t have realised this was a medical emergency.
I've already said above that I accepted I worded it badly but this is exactly the point I was trying to make. I said I wasn't going to say anything further because I can see I'm going to dig myself into a further hole but given that no one seems to have registered that I accepted my wording was unfortunate I will explain what I meant further.
You only know what you know - what is obvious to one person for whatever
reason (whether that is their life experience, education level, medical
training) may be completely unknown to another person through no fault
of their own.
This in turn makes anyone reliant on anyone else very vulnerable to their level of knowledge. It applies to us all.
I'm afraid I do think that you are lacking basic medical knowledge if you don't realise that a 10 year old child who hasn't urinated since the night before and is actively wanting to urinate, is trying to urinate (that is key) but cannot has problem that needs medical attention and urgently. You know yourself that if you go to sleep and wake in the morning you want to urinate because your bladder has continued to fill over night.
It is common sense - your body is filtering waste liquid into the bladder. At a very basic common sense level - just think about it - what do you think is going to happen if it isn't coming out? It will just continue to fill, pressure will build in the bladder and abdomen plus you have stale waste material just sitting there. Does that sound healthy or safe? It's highly likely it will need catherisation but on any view needs medical attention. There is no point in waiting because it isn't a case of the child not wanting to go; she wanted to and was actively trying. Again applying logic, this is most likely to be some structural issue (including a blockage) or a problem with nerve messaging. On the face of it, there isn't any reason to think that this is something likely to resolve with any time.
My point about vulnerability applies to adults as well. For example, if you have a heart attack or a stroke when you are with one other person your outcome maybe very different if they realise it is an emergency quickly or not.
The same is true with children. If you don't realise that any particular issue is a matter of emergency, it may have devastating consequences depending on how long you leave it.
OP here did the right thing and went to A&E. I stand by what I said that I'm genuinely surprised there wasn't a faster realisation of the need for this but I apologise for my wording if it came across as snide because it wasn't what I intended.