DS still asleep, what to do?

[ClutchingPearls]

DS is 15 months, been generally a bit grumpy for a week. Last night he was especially grumpy so calpol'ed him at put him to bed, he had a slight temperature. He hasnt woken since.

Waiting for an "urgent" call from GP nurse which will be this afternoon or possibly this evening.

Nothing specific, slight temp, was occasionally pulling at ears, decreased appetite. But he's completely un rousable, changed nappy with DD1 and 2 in the room jumping about and he just slept. He obviously is responsive because I've got a few oz of water into him and nurophen in him. But I cant wake him any more than that. So he's been asleep for 17 hours looks poorly but not collapsed. Occasional small cry but by the time I've got to his door he's asleep again.

So MNers should I call the GPs again, NHS direct or am I just wittling about nothing and let him sleep it off. DD2 has complex medical needs and I'm always on the ball with her getting her seen as appropriate. But a normal "abit unwell and sleeping child" has completely thrown me.

You are doing an amazing job, one day at a time.

So pleased he is going in the right direction. Big hugs to you and mini-clutching.. X

Things will get better each day. Thank goodness he is awake and doing well

Thinking of you. Just keep on taking baby steps and you will get there. 'Time heals everything given time'

(((((hugs)))))

Just wanted to pass on best wishes to you and your brave little DS - hope he's feeling better soon and that you can all start getting back to normal.

Just wanted to let you know that you and DS are still very much in our thoughts and prayers. It sounds like your DS is thankfully on the road to recovery, albeit a long one. Glad to hear that you're gaining strength from the messages of support on here x

clutching thanks for updating again. I can't imagine how awful this time must be for you, you just have to take it hour by hour, day by day and ds will continue to get better. It's slow and unbearably painful but he is getting there
Hang in there x

So glad to hear you and your DS are getting a Woolly hug Clutching. I hope it brings you both some comfort xx

Oh clutching :( DD had meningitis (including an unconfirmed small amount of swelling/fluid to her brain) last summer and I so, SO identify with just wanting your baby back.

She just wasn't "herself" when she started recovering, she didn't vocalise at all other than crying for a week and was very weak and you're right their smile does look different. It's hard to put into words but I really think I know what you mean.

It will take time but you will get him back, his little personality will fight it's way through. Please, please be kind to yourself and take any offers of help you need, as hard you may find it

As others have said, one day, one hour at a time, Clutching.

I hope today was a good day that brought further progress.
Thinking of you and MiniClutching often x.

Thinking of you & your Ds and wishing you strength and courage, what a terrible time you are having, hope it carries on getting a bit better each day.

Thinking of you and DS, hope he continues to improve. x

Hospital with a sick child is like an alternate dimension, confusing and isolating.

I have been thinking of your DS and hoping he is improving, it will take time and he will be feeling very unsure and scared but you being there with him every step of the way means you see the bad and good days not just the good days.

Dd has been very sick due to seizures a number of times, it can take her weeks to become herself again and thats often due to the illness that caused the seizures nit the seizures.

Onwards and upwards, I hope he is on the ward soon

Sending love and light to you.

We think of you often in this house,and silently will your lovely son toward recovery.

It's so horrid when a little one is poorly,and you feel you must be strong for everyone else.
please vent on here,if it helps...it doesn't matter what you say to us.(IYSWIM?)

Clutching not just someone, somewhere. There's blardy millions of MNrs. Zillions. All thinking of you and your wee boy, but, most of us will be thinking mostly of you.

Because, most of us will have had times where we have been fearful for our babies. Whether that's because they have managed to get half way up the stairs before we've realised they have lost interest in their pom bears, or whether it's the first time they have a kind of funny coloured poo (possibly because of the pom bears), or whether it's when they are proper poorly and you feel completely helpless - it's part of parenting and it sucks.

Your son has a hospital full of people looking after him.

And you have people in RL that you'll be brave for. And us, that you don't have to be brave at all for.

He's doing great. You are doing great.

Hang in there.
x

red welly yes, yes, yes. That's EXACTLY what it's like!

Hope you don't hurry back there.

Only just seen this - thanks to the Woolly Hugs folk - so sorry to hear of your DS's trauma, clutching! But very glad that he's on the mend, albeit slowly. Give him time - he'll get there. Thinking of you both.

ClutchingPearls, so good to hear good news from you, and your DS's progress.

I just feel like hes not 'in there' all I can see is a baby whose unbelievabily scared and I have no clue how to help him. He was so clingly before now he trys to wriggle away from me. I know things will change but I really want my DS back now, its been too long, I want to take him home and be normal again.

When I read this, I could completely identify with the feeling. Not that my children have been taken into hospital, but just through a variety of experiences which have changed them to such an extent that I've had to get to know them again. I can particularly identify with the 'wriggling away' part. But then, I've done it myself when I've needed reassurance from DH (or my parents, as a child) but not hugs! It's not an expression of dislike or rejection, or lack of love. Perhaps in your son's circumstances it's an expression of choice, of having some control over one's environment ~ so in your DS it could be interpreted as a sign of recovery and strength. Very hard on you at the time (I know!) But if it's an expression of independence and some way of communicating recovery, hth for you to think of it as something positive.

Thoughts & prayers.

thumb I've tried to find a link to Wooly Hugs - sorry for being a muppet but I'm not sure how it works. Would you mind putting a link on here.

I knit and corchet like a demon.

gussie Here

I am sending hugs your way, please don't be afraid to use people as much as possible if they offer it means they genuinely want to help you. I am sending positive thoughts your way and hoping your DS will soon be home with you xx

gussie, if you're on FB, this link gets you to the FB group too. :)

Oh Clutching I am pleased to read that your son is awake and making some progress.

Being in hospital with a child is horrendous, frightening and shocking (unfortunately I spent 5 and half months in with DS). And you are bound to be exhausted from just being in hospital. My DS was in for very different reasons (brain tumour) but the feelings of helplessness was overwhelming at times and you have to put your faith in other people to look after your child. I can relate to looking for your child in there - he will be there and will come back to you but it may take a little time. The brain is amazing but it can take some time for swelling to go down.

You are doing everything right just by being there for your son. You will be the constant figure that will give him reassurance. Take some comfort from the fact that your DS will not remember his time in hospital, although it will remain with you.

You are a strong and wonderful mother and doing everything that you can for your child. Xxxxx

Don't understand. Why give nurofen to a sleeping child?

Have you read the whole thread TheFallenNinja?