Hello,
DD is 2.5yo. She has had a fever and cough since last Saturday, I took her to the GP on Tuesday, he said it was viral and would resolve.
She got even worse over night on Weds so I took her to A&E early Thurs morning where she was put on a nebuliser and IV antibiotics.
We stayed in for 48 hrs then discharged as her temp, heart rate, oxygen levels etc were all doing the right thing. Although she had not eaten since Tuesday, the Drs seemed pretty unconcerned.
I am still really worried though; she is exhausted and still not really eating.
My sensible brain says: although she has't eaten much since coming out of hospital, she has eaten more today than she did yesterday so that's good. She is drinking well - formula milk, water, ribena, apple juice (the no sugary drinks rule has vanished for now). Her cough is getting much better and she is finally able to sleep without being woken up hacking.
My neurotic brain says: she has only had three mouthfuls of toast, a cm of sausage and a postage size piece of marmite sandwich... and that's not enough!
She is really very tired (not surprising, last night was the first decent night's sleep either of us have had for a week); but does rally and make jokes / laugh / play with toys for very short periods of time.
She is in full on "NO" mode - nothing is right, good enough, what she wants. But I think that's better than floppy acceptance.
Should I be worried? When do I press the panic button and take her to the GP?
Thanks all for listening to me rant, I appreciate I might be overreacting / over thinking!
x