DD ill and won't speak - WWYD?

[BadPoet]

My dd is 7. She has Asperger's syndrome which is probably relevant here as she reacts to everything very extremely. Yesterday she was at a party at an adventure centre type place and bashed her bottom lip/chin. I got a look, her lip looked a little bruised/puffy and it had bled a little apparently. Since then she has her top lip clamped over her bottom one and won't let us look.

By the time we got home (1ish) she wouldn't talk and has corresponded by squeaking and writing notes ever since . We indulged this yesterday, thinking it would resolve overnight. She didn't eat but I knew that she had eaten a big brunch and then eaten at the party so I didn't worry too much.

6am this morning she bursts into our room saying that she feels sick and then is sick. She is sick a further 2 or 3 times, dozing in between. She gets up for the day at around 8.30, no further sickness. Doesn't eat or speak any more, is slumped on sofa like yesterday watching TV.

My gut feeling is that she's not feeling well and this is causing her to milk the sore lip thing. I wouldn't normally take her to the docs for a one off short puking incident unless it went on for longer. The lack of food isn't a big issue if she has a tummy bug. She has had a little water and says she feels a bit better than yesterday (this is all done by hand gestures and notes, she hasn't spoken for 24 hours now!)

The weather is horrendous here and we'd have to walk to dr, which she would find very stressful. My instinct is to keep an eye on her and maybe docs tomorrow. WDYT? The not talking thing is getting wearing and I'm probably more concerned about that than the sickness or the bruised lip!

Sounds like her tummy is poorly, she feels sick and she just wants to stay quiet. See how she goes, I'd say. I know that if I've got a pukey tummy speaking isn't the first thing I'd want to do. Have a look at her lip whilst she's sleeping.

Thanks TheVisitor, I did sneak in and take a look last night - she's a light sleeper but as far as I could see it's minimal bruising & puffiness. I'm glad you agree to see how she goes. She's lethargic but not detached - she is watching her favourite films and keen to listen to stories etc.

I'd try not to make a big deal of it-just carry on as normal and hopefully once she's feeling better in herself she'll bounce back. If there's no change in a couple of days maybe try the gp then?

I might be a bit worried that she had bashed her head, and that could be causing the vomiting...probably not, but maybe. Did you see the incident where she got her thick lip?

How is she now? Could it be that she has bumped her head???

She's probably quiet because her mouth is sore. Would she drink through a straw?

Thanks all - I didn't see it, but the birthday girl's mum and some classmates filled me in and dd has drawn what happened - she fell off a climbing frame, not very high, but slammed her chin on her knee and bit her lip I think.

She's still not talking but has let me examine her lip gently - it's just puffy. No further sickness, I'm fairly certain she didn't bump her head as she says not and tbh ds has manky metallic breath so he'll be next I think. Mine always get that.

She is sipping water through a straw and asked for the juice from a tin of pears we were having and sipped that too. I think her mouth IS sore, I think her reaction is a bit extreme but that's just her. 36 hours now and the only thing she's said is 'I'm going to be sick!'. Poor poppet.