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Worried about my DD. Please help - particularly anyone medical!

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CandleFlamey · 03/12/2025 00:15

DD has been very unwell now for a week. It began with a bad cough, but has since worsened. She hasn’t had an appetite in a week, and has just managed to sip water and have small bits of food here and there, but very minimal.

The Doctor today said she has an infection in one of her lungs and prescribed her antibiotics. She has been feeling increasingly nauseous as the week has progressed and tonight has been gagging over the toilet, but very little to bring up. Pretty much just bile. She is back in bed now, but I don’t know how long that’ll last, as she hasn’t been sleeping well. She has pains in her side due to the infected lung, she hasn’t been eating much, and now the vomiting.

My plan is to take her to the GP first thing. Or does she need to be seen sooner? I am happy to sit awake and watch her through the night. She is exhausted, bless her.

sorry, not an AIBU.

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Haggisfish3 · 03/12/2025 19:36

Hope your dd is improving op. 🙂

CandleFlamey · 03/12/2025 20:03

Thank you @Haggisfish3.

DD is looking so much better. It’s quite remarkable. She was in such a bad way last night, and still quite peaky this morning, but had a little bit of food and seemed to really perk up. I did take her to the doctors and she is staying on the antibiotics, but they have told her she must eat so that she doesn’t get sick on them. This is great motivation for her to get her appetite back.

The nurse, in fact, didn’t think it necessary to check her obs, but I insisted. I probably looked like a crazy parent, but I think she’d have been shocked to see what DD actually looked like 12 hours prior.

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mullers1977 · 03/12/2025 21:17

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Haggisfish3 · 03/12/2025 21:55

Ahh that’s good. Antibiotics are amazing.

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 04/12/2025 21:47

Fantastic news. Antibiotics make such a difference! And yes even eating an English muffin with jam and drinking a cup of milky tea when taking them makes a huge difference.

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