Anyone's child been hospitalised already this winter?

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Ds aged 4 has just spent three days in hospital with a nasty virus that went straight to his chest and caused breathing problems. Ended up in the HDU, was so scary. He's home now and his breathing is back on track but he's still throwing up poor thing.

Anyone else got a lo in hospital?

Nope but several of dd's friends have needed rehydrating after norovirus.

Glad ds is on the mend.

Thanks, I think he must have picked up an infection from hospital as his breathing is now back to normal but he's got a temperature and he's really lethargic and vomited a couple of times today. If it doesn't rain it pours

Not this year I hope. Spent 3 months in 2 years ago and a total of 3 weeks last year. Totally scary and horrible so hoping to avoid the whole thing this year. Hope your LO is getting better and you get some sleep (not much on the ward). xx

I was in your shoes in March 2010. My DS (2.5 at the time) had Norovirus and ended up on a drip and quarantined. Horrible time - sending my very best wishes for your poor DS's recovery. Such a scary experience. I'm sure he'll be ok and you're in the best place. hth

No and we're hoping to avoid hospitals with ds2 (4.6) this winter for the first time in his life.

Every year so far he's spent at least a couple of nights in hospital with bronchiolitis or a viral induced wheeze.

This year he's got a flixotide inhaler which he's using every morning and evening and we're hoping that this will keep him well and out of hospital.

Good luck to everyone, and I hope the poorly ones are better soon.

We were in 2 days with bronchiolitis. I'm a GP and I completely underdiagnosed DD. I did take her to the doctors who said she would be ok but later on the same day she was really struggling with her breathing. Thankfully she 'only' needed oxygen and rehydration fluids down an NG tube but it was such a relief to see her oxygen sats go up, respiratory rate and pulse start to go down.....

On the negative side we were in an isolation bay with 5 other babies who has RSV bronchiolitis, all coughing, all with sats probes beeping every 5 minutes. It was a very uncomfortable night, though clearly nowhere near as traumatic as some other peoples experiences. The staff were ace, and the ward was modern-ish but there were no showers for parents, nowhere to make tea or toast or store food. I was so glad to get home! DD was very clingy for 3 weeks for after which is completely understandable. I have no idea how all those amazing parents cope with children who is in hospital long term.....

No :) Ds hasnt been in since August which is a record for him!

After the past 3 winters I am really hoping we can have a hospital free winter this year!

There were tons of children in with my ds with bronchiolitis or breathing problems. My ds's oxygen sats were low all night, the bleeper thing kept me awake and him. The following day they transferred him to HDU for intravenous steroids. He was the only one in there so we managed to get sleep that night. The canula was the worst thing , ds went ballistic and it took four of us to hold him down. I'm not sure what they were faffing about with but there was blood pissing everywhere, the nurse was covered in it and the bed. Poor ds was screaming his head off. Was so sad

He's on the road to recovery now.

Hope all your children stay bug free this winter

Sorry, sounds very traumatic for your poor DS (and for you of course) don't hesitate to head back to GP if he's still under the weather... though hopefully he'll stay out of the hospital for the rest of this winter!

My DS has asthma so we've had many trips to A+E this yr let alone this winter, thankfully though the times he's had to stay in was mainly for observation. I really want to stay out of hospital, it is so so stressful and uncomfortable for both DC and us parents, I hate it.