To not trust this medicine?

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Took DD (5.5) to OOH today, as she’s had a fever since Friday, and wasn’t fully responding to medicine. Was diagnosed with tonsillitis and possible urine infection, DR said, can’t confirm it was a definite positive as in children sometimes when they have a seperate infection, urine can still show a positive.

Prescribed us penicillin, which she gave us there in the hospital, told to give one dose before bed then do a 9-3-9 routine from the morning.

Gone to give DD her first dose for tonight, but the antibiotic bottle wasn’t sealed. And after opening, the foil lid had a clear poke in it, looks like a finger had pushed through the foil.

Now obviously this is a situation as my child has an infection and needs the antibiotics, and I don’t want her infection progressing, but I can’t help but have a gut feeling not to give her medicine from an unsealed finger hole: bottle.

And as she was only going to have one dose tonight anyway, I’m thinking would it be unreasonable to just wait, go to my pharmacy tomorrow morning and explain, and get a fresh bottle of antibiotic?

wwyd?

You've got to do what you feel is right but honestly I think there's a higher risk to your child of not starting the antibiotics asap and prolonging her suffering and pain by delaying.

Coming back to your original post, penicillin is usually given four times a day, it reads as though you're planning to give three times a day?

Also wondering why you felt you needed to use emergency out of hours services if you now don't feel your child needs treatment until normal in hours services are available post bank holiday?

I would be happy to use the antibiotics.

This.

It reads that way because that is what instructions we have been given.

5ml 3 times a day.
” usually “ isn’t always, and I wouldn’t decide to give a medication for however many times a day I chose.

Happy to report DD is on the antibiotics, and seen an improvement today, although not massive, we did go 12 hours without a fever.

I used OOH as she had a 40-41 degree fever that for 3 days, which got to the point it was taking hours for medicine to relieve it. I would’ve gone to GP but it was bank holiday, so didn’t have that option.

last night was irrational thinking, I myself have even poorly with a corneal erosion for a week, cannot sleep due to the pain, and whenever I have been asleep I’m having to wake up with DD, as she is too priority.

I hope you both feel much better very soon!

Thank you, it’s much appreciated 🤍

Thank goodness you gave her the medicine, it was not right to withhold and delay her treatment because of your own irrational fears z

The pharmacy get it in the bottle as a powder them mix it with distilled water when it's dispensed