Re: Spring (gastro bugs) has Sprung

[Guest guest]

Sigh.

Kate (non-PID) started with a fever around 4p yesterday, was 103 rectal by

the time I checked it, in-laws on their way for dinner. Trying to cook dinner

and both kids were underfoot (DH in living room having a ball talking with the

grown-ups), fussy kids and I'm getting aggravated, next thing I know Kate is

retching and splashing vomit all over the kitchen floor (then saying " uh ohhhh "

over and over in this pathetic, sad little voice). Bon Appetit!

Diarrhea started an hour later but not too awful bad (well, Kate might beg to

differ but I've certainly seen worse in ) and she slept through the

night, though the poor thing was burning up.

Took her in today because it didn't smell like rota and I found it hard to

believe it could be anything communicable, as didn't have it yet! They

said gastro.

Came home, took to Best Buy to buy a replacement computer mouse (ours

died), she thought she had gas and had a poopy accident, nothing huge, but went

to the bathroom and she had copious diarrhea for over 30 minutes in

there!!!!!!!! Was in very good spirits though, really took it in stride with no

whining

or anything, except some complaints about being " bored " in the bathroom!!!

My DH called to find out what was taking us so long, Kate was spiking a fever

and calling for me, I had to inform him came down with it at Best Buy!

Raced to the checkout line and turned around and raced right back to the

bathroom!!!

Made it through checkout and home and so far that was it, no vomiting yet and

no big fever. I expect it will get worse before it gets better.

I HATE gastro infections... those of you who have been here for years will

know that's my broken record. gets a couple every spring, though

thankfully they have been less severe every year.

I just weaned Kate on Leap Day and here she gets a gastro infection, I can't

help but wonder if I could have spared her this had I continued (due to the

IgA and antibodies in breast milk). 'Course, I could say that when she's 10

years old too, doesn't mean I should feel bad for not going longer. I just can't

believe she caught this 6 days after weaning!!!!!!! Sigh.

Well, I'm just griping, no one understands better than all of you, that's for

sure. Still haven't decided about 's school choice...

(mom to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant; and , age 5, GERD,

dairy intolerant -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had

transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs)

[Guest guest]

Sigh, ! Sometimes these viruses will drive you nuts, won't they? We

kept our kids out of church and Sunday School because our little town was

hard hit with the flu. They missed 3 months of children's activities. The

first Sunday they returned for just worship services, they came home with

colds! Two weeks later and I'm still wiping copious snot! ARRRRgh! But

it's not the flu!!!

Pam

mom to 4

Rebekah, 4, CVID

Well, I'm just griping, no one understands better than all of you, that's

for

sure. Still haven't decided about 's school choice...

[Guest guest]

Pam:

Oh, don't even start on church!! We never go! See, they have a children's

program where partway in the mass they send all the kids out, the kids go to

this

room for kiddie church stuff. Well, it's a biiiiiiiiig church and tons of

parishioners, so this room is literally wall-to-wall kids. Packed in like

sardines. I'd estimate over a hundred kids all together at once. DH and I took

one

look at that and said, " can never go in there " .

Well, she doesn't have a great attention span, so she can't sit through an

hour-and-a-half mass, either!! So our head-in-the-sand solution is to not go at

all. We don't feel good about this, but every time we go to church we end up

glaring at our children throughout and bothering every person within

hearing/seeing distance, so I don't know a better solution. We talk about

religion

lightly at home and say grace at every meal, and for now that's our church. But

she

should be starting CCD and all that soon, so we're going to have to figure

something out.

It's never a good time to experiment with the exposure, she's always sick

from preschool and this fall will be Kindergarten.... you know where I'm going

with this.

GUILT!!

(mom to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant; and , age 5, GERD,

dairy intolerant -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had

transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs)

[Guest guest]

Oh brother! Thought the girls were better with their tummy bug... well,

is. She was tired and " cold " after school yesterday, but otherwise fair.

Kate threw up again after snack, I guess she wasn't ready for regular food.

Well, last night I put her to bed and was patting myself on the back at how

easy she goes to bed and stays there, then this morning I found that she had

vomited in her bed (huge) and did not call us. I wake at the slightest peep, so

I

know she didn't... it was dried up so I know it wasn't right when she woke up.

I thank God she didn't choke to death. She actually wasn't even messy at all,

she seems to have thrown up and then avoided that area of the crib for the

rest of the night?

I guess I turn the monitor up higher, but then I hear every time she moves at

all! Just until she stops vomiting I guess. Sigh! This is a new one on me...

she's still vomiting but her stools are nearly normal now.

(mom to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant; and , age 5, GERD,

dairy intolerant -- currently has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had

transient IgG, IgA, t-cell & other defs)