DS nearly 20 months was vomiting all day yesterday (hasn't even tasted an Easter egg yet )and his nappies were runny but not too bad. Today though he got worse. DH left me to have a lie-in as I'd been up in the night, thought DS needed breakfast gave him a bottle. I would have kept him on dry toast and water to begin with (gives me no pleasure being right though). A little while later up it came. A little while after that the explosive diarroah(sp?) started. By late this evening he was really hot too and lying on the sofa asleep most of the time. He's been talking so well but I've had hardly a word from him for two days now. At 8pm I phoned the out of hours GP service and got an appointment at the clinic. DS seemed a little better when we got there so I was shocked to be told his temperature was 40! The GP checked him over thoroughly and couldn't find an obvious cause so has said it is probably a virus but he was concerned as it is apparently unusual to get a temperature that high with gastroenteritis.
Anyway, my poor little DS is now on the bed alongside me. Still trying to get his temp down. Trouble is 5 mins after every dose of calpol we get another nappy explosion, plus random times in between so I am hoping he can stay asleep for as long as possible.