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ANYONE AROUND? ?!?

11 replies

Disenchanted3 · 15/07/2009 03:29

We have been diagnosed over phone with swine flu few days ago, DS1 and I.

I got tamiflu,

DS was supposed to have his dropped off today but no-one did!

But he was fine today

but now has a temp of 38.1 and is coughing all over

i dunno what to do

he has has calpol!

please!

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GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 03:38

Ibuprofen?

GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 03:39

Or call NHS direct?

Disenchanted3 · 15/07/2009 03:40

am on phone to njs direct, on hold for ages

no nurofen in house

am panicking

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GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 03:43

Hopefully they will answer hold soon. Am here.

You say hes coughing - assume breathing ok? (if not obviously hang up and 999)

Any underlying health probs?

38.1 is high but could be worse. Is he out of bed? What age?

Disenchanted3 · 15/07/2009 03:44

hes 4.5,

he was fina all today,

hes just lay in bed with dad

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GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 03:49

We have NHS24, its slightly different. How does NHS direct work? Have you spoken to a triage type person?

GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 04:14

Off to try and sleep, hope all ok.

FlamingoOfTheShineyCult · 15/07/2009 07:19

How did the rest of the night go disenchanted?

Hope you all got to sleep.

GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 09:35

How are you all today ?

Disenchanted3 · 15/07/2009 12:09

Hiya,

out of hours GP rang, by that time calpol had brought temp down to 37, he was drinking, laughing etc,

so just put him back to bed and kept an eye on temp.

This morning he seems fine again, but thats like yesterday, at night he gets bad.

Am getting tamiflu delivered.

Thanks for last night giraffe!

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GiraffesCanRunA10k · 15/07/2009 14:10

You're very welcome. Hope hes better soon.

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