DD1 in hospital, DD2 vomiting, need virtual wine (and lots of it) (bit long, sorry)

[ChirpyGirl]

DD1 (2.4) has been unwell and having blood in her poos since Monday, took her to GP and was referred to hospital, they discharged us after a few hours with instruction to take a stool sample and give her diarolyte (which she flat out refuses...)
Yesterday she seemed better, less blood, but this morning it was back, so back to GP, straight to hospital where we were put in a barrier room, then they took bloods from her and put her on a drip as she was refusing water, DH was staying with her while I came home to pack some more stuff as she was banned from playroom and other wards cos of infection.
I come home and am in the kitchen making her snacks when DD2 (8 months) starts crying in the other room, I go in to discover her sitting in a pool of vomit.
Put her in bath, strip her and turn shower on, dress, in car, back to hospital for teatime for DD1 so DH can come home to eat and get his stuff as he will be staying overnight.
halfway there I hear coughing anf pull over to discover DD2 has thrown up again, all over herself and the car seat. I have no water or money and was told by the garage that I couldn't use their bathroom as 'there is free car washing water outside'

Get to hospital, strip DD2 and put her in one of DD1's spare vests, have tea with DD1 who keeps pleading to be allowed to go home, and DD2 has some scotch pancake, and then DD2 throws up again, all over herself, the buggy and the hospital room floor.
Put her in bath (again), strip her and was asked to take her home in case she was infectious (!), (oh, and that if I want a dr to see her I have to take her to GP!) leave, after peeling DD1 off me and leaving her all pale in hospital bed with a drip in wrap her in blanket and scarf, put her in car (in just her nappy as have no other clothes for her!) get her home, feed her and put her to bed.
Come in here to post and just as I start up PC she voms all over herself again, and the cot, and her teddy, and her last clean sleeping bag.
Bath, again, now she is in her last clean vest (as got no washing done today) under a sheet, I daren't feed her again.

Daren't have a drink as might need to drive either DD2 to docs or to hospital for DD1.
Daren't go and get soemthing to eat as I want to be here next to the DD's room so I can hear if DD2 voms again.

thanks for listening, has been quite possibly worse day ever.

Crikey what a terrible time for all of you

poor you it sounds awful for you. Stop feeding DD2 as it'll just feed the bug she sounds like she has. Leave her till she stops being sick then introduce some light foods slowly. Hope they both get better very soon for you x

ChiryGirl - what a nightmare!!! Hope the girls are better soon.

DD2 is breastfed so surely better to try and feec her?
She is on my lap now as she has the hiccups which make her cry.
I havent eaten since breakfast. I had a bite of apple at lunchtime but DD1 nicked it and I let her finish it as she is off her food.

DH has called and says they are 95% it is campolybacter.

Oh Chirpy

does that mean it is likely that DD2 has it too? I mean could she have got it from DD1 or is it only transmitted through eating something dodgy?

Hope your little girls are back on form very soon - at least they think they know what it is and can administer ab's.

{{hugs}}

I think yes continue if she requests breastmilk then oblige...best thing really...or you could offer her some water in a little cup? I'm not sure about the right thing to do.

shes just done it again, we are now both here in towels while i try and get hold of dh.
think i am going to have to ring ooh gp

apparently she could only have got it if she ate dd1s poo but then how did dd1 get it???

fuck. now mil is on phone having go cos i didnt call her. dh said not to as she was going to see joseph for her 60th bday pres + there is fuck all she can do anyway.

i want to ring doc, get off the phone u silly cow!

Poor you Campylobacter is nasty your poor DD1.

Is there anyone else who can come help out, even if it's doing washing and looking after DD2 until you get something to eat?

• they wont give ab's normally, just treat symptoms

[she still wont get off the fucking phone!]

The best thing for DD2 is breastmilk, breastmilk and more breastmilk. Try to get her to even have a tiny feed as a little will get absorbed each time even if she throws it back up. And you'll be making antibodies to whatever they both have, so that'll help too

Poor you I hope they are both soon better, but i agree with a little breastmilk and often. Does dd2 have a temperature?

God you are doing so well. I would be a heap on the floor by now...

Yes, delegate - ring the OOH, at least for some advice, or to have her seen if they think (or you think) it would help. Then you are not the only one responsible for her iyswim, might feel a bit less awful.

Oh no! My big big sympathies! Nightmare scenario...

I would be a nervous wreck by now, but I would definitely phone-a-friend. You need another pair of hands on deck.

My own advice would be clear fluids only, nothing else. My DTs had lots of vomits this year, and feeding with milk seemed to prolong the agony, although I don't know about breastmilk. But hydration's pretty important. Or just take the baby to hospital, say she's getting dehydrated and then at least you're all together...

So sorry for you, power to you.

update, been to ooh gp, rang them and they insisted on seeing her.
she has nothing more than a stomach bug, bm and water little and often

BUT

she is now not allowed on the ward that dd1 is on as it is a post surgery ward...so as i have no1 to watch her, and she wont take bottles anyway, i now cant see dd1!

oh, and she was fine all way to dr, stopped at tesco 4 sandwich, fine home, lay her down in cot....and she threw up.

she is now asleep on my chest, but i dont want to cosleep if i am going to wake up covered in baby puke!

sweetkitty, do you have experience of it? the wont say how long it lasts normally or how serious or anything

Chirpy - so to hear that you're having a crap time. Two of mine had campylobacter a couple of years ago. dd was very sick ( both ends) and the diaorrhoea (feck the spelling) lasted for about 10 days although she was pretty perky after about day 5, just that everything went straight through. ds2 got over it quicker but he seemed to have a lot more stomach pain - probably not helped by the fact that I gave him immodium. Not the best thing to do apparently. Both of them were in hospital. Mine are teens though so could cope with it a little better.

You have to do a form for environmental health noting what and where they've eaten if it is campylobacter.

the hospital have already been asking me that, i cant remember what we ate 2 days ago, let alone last week!

dd2 had campylobacter when she was 3.4 - ended up in hospital with it. Doctors reckoned she contracted it from next door's chickens, or possibly from the water (we lived on an island so had untreated spring water), though unlikely as no-one else was ill.

They kept her in for observation for three days but then discharged her, even though she still had blood in her faeces, because she was past the worst. She also had it for about 10-14 days but was quite perky all the way through (in fact, if it wasn't for the fact that she was in nappies then I probably wouldn't have noticed the blood )

so sorry to hear that you are having such a terrible time at the minute.

Hope that things get better soon

Is your DH able to take time off work to stay with your DD1?

oh chirpy that is one shitty sorry sicky day.
I hope both dds are better tomorrow and dd1 is home soon.
and that dd2 vomits no more!

Chirpygirl, lots of hugs to you and DDs. Hope tomorrow is better for all of you.

Miaou, my DD doesn't seem ill either, she does keep rubbing her tummy and crying saying she was hungry every so often and then refusing food, which we assume is stomach cramps, but apart from that she is Perky McPerkison!

(She's a bit miserable now but only cos they have splinted her left hand to stop her wrenching drip out)

Elf, Dh made a great phone call earler that had the nurses in stiches.

'Hi mate, it's me, yeah, DD1 is really not well so I am not coming back in today and won't be in tomorrow either. Can you check if that's a problem and if it is, just deal with it? thanks.'

TBH I think he is happy to be able to be useful for once, before when the girls have been ill they have been BFing so he hasn't been able to do anything.

thanks for all support, it means a lot cos DH has no phone reception so I can't talk to him, MIL isn't talking to me and I have rung my mum 3 times now so I think she should be allowed to get some sleep.

Have decided to sleep in here tonight as the door to the spare room is right next to DD's door, whereas my bedroom is the other end of the landing, all of 6 foot away but still!