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Please help my daughter is so sick.

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Sunshine4you · 09/08/2021 11:48

Please help. My daughter has coronavirus and she is desperately Ill with diahrrea, vomiting, fever..mm she has barely ate in the last two days and is drinking but little.

I've never seen her so I'll and I'm so worried. The doctor said it's normal as a lot of kids get sick in their stomachs with Covid and to just keep offering her water and making her eat a little of fruit etc even if she doesn't keep it down....

She's 7 for context.

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RJnomore1 · 09/08/2021 12:28

I was like this with it as an adult - ice lollies were a godsend. I hope she feels better soon.

nocturnalcatfreetogoodhome · 09/08/2021 12:39

Your poor DD.

I'd treat it the same way I'd treat flu/other respiratory illnesses.

Fluids and medication and a little dry toast if she can stomach it.

If she's having D and V, fruit is probably one of the worst things she could have it'll be straight out as soon as it hits her stomach bless her.

Rest, rehydration (water, rehydration if she'll take it, perhaps something with sugar if she can keep liquids down), only very plain food so toast, rice, porridge, maybe some baby new potatoes?

Unfortunately I think you just have to ride it out. Hope she feels better soon!

Hopeisallineed · 09/08/2021 12:42

So sorry! Flat coke and salty pretzels or something similar. It’s an old German thing I picked up but I swear by it. Lots of fluids are key, little and often. Hope she is feeling better soon.

Hopeisallineed · 09/08/2021 12:43

Yes! Ice lollies. Forgot to add that.

emmathedilemma · 09/08/2021 12:44

Water or diluting squash only, ice pops or plain ice lollies until the D&V calms down. The hydration sachets are useful and if she's having squash I would use the full sugar variety on this occasion or add a couple of pinches of salt to the squash. Give her it in a water bottle so she take small sips regularly and you can keep an eye on how much she's drunk.
Then really plain foods in small quantities before she attempts to eat normally again - rice cakes, rich tea biscuits, toast, the "sick dog diet" of chicken and rice.
Definitely no fruit or fruit juice!

Terhou · 09/08/2021 12:49

What is her temperature?

everythingthelighttouches · 09/08/2021 12:51

If they literally can’t keep anything down and have diahorrea there is a risk of serious dehydration.

You need fluid above anything else, even sleep.

Use Calpol syringe or Similar to put 5ml water into side of cheek every 10 min.

Good luck op, it’s grim Flowers

MorrisZapp · 09/08/2021 12:54

Just a quick FYI, 7 Up and Sprite no longer contain sugar, there isn't a diet version.

For rehydration you'd be better off with supermarket lemonade or any other drink containing sugar.

WobblingMoon · 09/08/2021 12:56

@everythingthelighttouches

If they literally can’t keep anything down and have diahorrea there is a risk of serious dehydration.

You need fluid above anything else, even sleep.

Use Calpol syringe or Similar to put 5ml water into side of cheek every 10 min.

Good luck op, it’s grim Flowers

This is good advice. Water and rehydration salts only.

No dairy or fruit - both irritate the stomach and will make D&V worse. No "full fat lemonade" or flat coke either. The flat coke advice you often see on here and it can be ok for nausea from travel sickness or pregnancy but that is entirely different from sickness from a bug. Fizzy drinks of any sort are like acid on the stomach.

TheVanguardSix · 09/08/2021 12:58

Cold, flat 7-up and melba toast. Flowers

TheVanguardSix · 09/08/2021 12:59

^ when she can stomach eating again (melba toast)…

Original poster
Sunshine4you · 09/08/2021 13:18

Thank you so much for responding everyone.

I will keep up with the fluids and I have some coke so will let it go flat and see if that helps. I've got some rehydration solution so will also give her that.
Is plain cooked pasta ok to try to feed her?

It's so incredibly heartbreaking to see her so ill - praying to see her in better health.

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MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 09/08/2021 13:24

Stop with the food, honestly she'll be fine just on liquids, don't worry.

SeaToSki · 09/08/2021 13:43

DO NOT feed her anything at all until she has been a minimum of 4 hours without vomiting or diarrhea.

LIQUIDS are the solution to the problem. As soon as she has not vomited for half an hour give sips of flat room temp coke (stir it to get the bubbles out) then sips of water, ice, rehydration solution, very diluted juice etc. No milk, no full strength juice, no diet drinks

Stay away from anything with protein or fat for at least 12 hours after the last vomit. You have to let her system settle before you put food into it again, otherwise the food just prolongs the problem.

ShowOfHands · 09/08/2021 13:45

The advice for food is to offer it once she wants it again. And within reason, whatever she wants. A bland diet neither decreases the chance of vomiting nor shortens the illness. But you don't need to worry about forcing the food issue if she doesn't want it. A couple of days without food is normal during a bug which cases vomiting.

Ugzbugz · 09/08/2021 13:48

If I feel really sick or am sick I find laying down and drinking and staying laying down it can stay down...hope she feels better soon.

Fruityfriday · 09/08/2021 13:51

Flat full fat coke it's amazing for hydration

Alfiemoon1 · 09/08/2021 13:55

Flat full fat coke or lucozade ice lollies to keep her hydrated and replace lost salts and sugars food isn’t important at the moment but start with dry toast crackers or a banana

Alfiemoon1 · 09/08/2021 13:57

Hope she feels better soon

Abouttimemum · 09/08/2021 14:02

DS aged 2 and I both vomited terribly with covid. I syringed water into his mouth and kept leaving dry toast on the side in case he wanted any. It lasted about 3 days for the worst of it and then he didn’t eat for another couple of days. It’s truly awful.
I honestly wouldn’t wish covid on anyone it’s fucking hideous.

uktrippin · 09/08/2021 14:02

What does she want to eat? Don't give her fruit but if she wants pasta then yes go for it.

As long as she's hydrated she doesn't need to eat.

IDontWantthisconsole · 09/08/2021 14:02

My DD has a vomiting bug a few weeks ago.

She would only take very diluted orange squash for the first 12 hours, then when she'd stopped vomiting and wanted it I did toast with no butter and a tiny bit of jam which is what she ate for about two days.

AdoraBell · 09/08/2021 14:03

When we overseas a Doctor told us that flat coca cola works for upset stomachs. She said there is no scientific evidence but poor communities use it because they can’t afford medication. Not diet drinks though, it has to be full sugar.

If you have any fizzy drinks open a bottle/can and let it go flat.

I hope she feels better soon.

Tomselleckhaskindeyes · 09/08/2021 14:05

a doctor once recommended flat coke.

grey12 · 09/08/2021 14:08

I would try coconut water.

My mum used to make me boiled apple and bring salt water biscuits, nothing else. It's normal to not eat when you're ill