DD is 6, and had a video call with ExH earlier and he’s now panicking and tell me she needs to be seen by a HCP.
She is asthmatic and suffered badly with bronchiolitis and chest infections until she was 2 and a half ish and she is definitely more ill than she has ever been with a cold or flu but I’m not overly worried, but not sure if I should be?
She’s on the small side for her age as well.
So her symptoms:
- Absolutely exhausted – she’ll seem fine and chatty but then suddenly go quiet or randomly fall asleep she’ll nap for 30-60 minutes then be on the go again
- Noisy but not struggling breathing – as in if I’m next to her I can hear every breath but she’s not breathing particularly quickly or seeming to struggle
- Slight cough
- Says her food tastes odd or of nothing at all – she is also eating less than normal
- Temp of 39.1 without calpol, comes down to 38ish with calpol but she’s still warm
- Says her legs and arms feel tired so is struggling to get dressed
She fell asleep briefly on the video call and he said she looks really pale and washed out (I mean she’s 6 and got covid, not sure what he expected?)
She is drinking a little bit more than usual, and the only thing she says tastes ok is orange squash but I’m going with it as I was always told that when ill drinking anything is more important than not drinking at all.
Does that sound normal?
This is Day 1 for us so I’m not sure if this is normal. ExH thinks she needs A+E, I feel I’m managing her at home. ExH thinks she should only be mildly ill and should be up for doing her schoolwork already.
So what does MN think? I often lose perspective when it comes to ExH as he controlled me and does everything he can to show me as a bad parent.