Ds (7), woke this morning absolutly fine. Ate his breakfast and within half an hour was complaining of feeling sick. Half hour after that he was sick twice.
He lay on the sofa quietly til around 11 when he started complaining of a bad stomach. Then at about 12 he was violently sick again. After that he perked up and asked to have a dvd on, but about 45 min in he asked to turn it off because he had a headache and he then fell asleep.
He slept for about an hour and then woke up crying because his head hurt and then saying that the light was hurting his eyes. I checked him all over for a rash and there was nothing. Then he said his neck and back hurt. I started to panic and rang the gp for an emergency appointment. They said they couldn't see him until half 4 so I tok him to a&e.
We waited about 45 min to be seen and ds was crying and holding his head al of that time. Got taken through and a nurse have him calpol and he then vomitted everywhere.
After that he made a miraculous recovery, and by the time the doc saw him he was absolutly fine.
The doctor and nurses were lovely but did slightly make me feel like I had over reacted. The doctor said, 'if he'd had true neck stifness he'd not have been able to move it at all'. Well non of the websites say that, they all just say get them to put hin to chest, which i did and he said it hurt.
Anyway, I am still glad i took him, as if i'd waited the extra 2 hours to be seen by the gp and it had been something more than a viral infection, the 2 hours would have made all of the difference.
Just interested to know what others would have done.