Re: Makenna was casted!!

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What really frustrates me is that my little girl has had this cough

for at least 7 weeks - before Christmas. It gets better, but then she

has a relapse. I kept taking her in and they kept sending her home.

I've been to the doctor atleast once every 2 weeks or so. 3 weeks ago

they gave her albuterol and it seemed to get better. Now, she is

coughing so hard that she sometimes vomits. That could be why she

vomits when she gags on the antibiotic now. She's become a hair

trigger with that little stomach of hers. I think they gave her

antibiotics because they didn't know what else to do. The nurse

practitioner told me they were giving it to her " just in case " . She

said that a viral infection, if it sits long enough can build up

bacteria and become a bacterial infection too. Makenna doesn't have a

fever though. Ironically the few days she didn't cough at all, she

had a fever.... Who knows. They never tested her for RSV. I wonder

if I should bring that up with the doc?

> In a message dated 2/14/2003 4:10:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> gsandc@e... writes:

>

> > They sent her

> > home with albuterol syrup and an antibiotic. She is taking the

> > albuterol, but gags on the antibiotic and throws it up. Doc says

to

> > keep giving it to her and if she throws it up, immediately give

her

> > 1/2 a dose (as if she would keep that dose down). Sometimes I

think

> > that doctors live in their own little fantasy land....

> >

> hmmmm..... just wanted to let you know our situation was like that,

they rx

> amoxicillin thinking it was bacterial, but that does not help a

virus- so

> they gave us meds that wouldn't work, and he vomited it up either

from nausea

> or just part of the rsv, and it was very frustrating because

essentially he

> went misdiagnosed with a bad cold- bad turned to worse and we ended

up in the

> hospital within 2 days- Friday he started getting worse, by Sunday

at 6 am I

> was in the ER. Watch that very closely- I only tell you this as a

heads up

> and not to scare you. I hope your little one gets better soon!

>

> ' mom