flu virus

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear of your little one being so ill. Your dietician is right

though. There really isn't much you can do except make sure he's drinking as

much as he can stand. Maybe talk to them about bits of saltine crackers, if

he can stand it. That way if he throws up, he doesn't have dry heaves and

they may help- absorb some of the acid in his tummy. It's hard to watch them

that way. It will be over soon if it is the flu and he'll be back to his old

self again.

mom to 15mo wcfand Brenna 5yrs wocf

>From: jleffler9499@...

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>To: cfparentsegroups

>Subject: flu virus

>Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 20:16:18 -0000

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>well as of last monday Noah weighed 14.6 and yesterday he woke up and

>has been throwing up he threw up his to bottles yesterday which

>consisted of 7 ozs. of formula. He trew up again last nite, but i

>think that was because the pedialyte i was giving him was a little on

>the cold side, though it was warm enough and then at 2 am he threw

>up, because he drank it to fast. this morning he had a 1 1/2 ozs. of

>formula seemed okay waited about an 1 1/2 hrs band tried some more

>and he threw up the enzymes never got the formula down. he has been

>drinking peialyte very slowly over the last few hours and then he

>threwup again. the dietition doesn't seem to worried she says that

>it is the stomach flu and that all we can do is keep him hydrated.

>she doesn't want him on formula for the next 24 hours. he lost 6

>ozs. i'm scared and worried he is already so small for 8 mos. any

>advice or just a kind word would be appreciated. not sure how much

>to worry

>

>

>mom of breanna 8yo wocf and noah 8mos old wcf

>

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[Guest guest]

I know this sounds like an old wives tale but it works. Boil rice save the

rice keep the starchy water feed this to your baby it is thicker than water

easily digested and helps to get some calories in .the other thing would be

Jell-O not refrigerated just mixed it is thick and sugary . I always make my

own electrolyte solution (tastes better) BeckyB.

[Guest guest]

I am sorry that Noah is sick. If it makes you feel any better, ph I

don't even think weighed that much at 8 months, and at 17 and a half months,

he is now 19 lbs......

usually kids will lose weight with an illness, its just part of it. Mallory

lost like 4 or more pounds when she had RSV followed immediately by

rotavirus, and she managed to gain it back in the next 4 months or so (even

though she got RSV again 2 months later). Just hang in there and ride the

illness out, and then you can fatten him up when he is better. Our doc

usually doesn't worry, or doesn't seem to, when they are sick and lose

weight, only when they have poor weight gain or no gain long term. I think

they want them to have good weight so that if/when they do get sick, they

have some reserves to fall back on.

Hang in there...oh, and will he drink pedialyte? IF not, we were told

anything they will drink that is clear, sprite..... gatorade, doesn't have

to be pedialyte if they won't drink it then they really will get dehydrated.

My kids will not touch that pedialyte stuff at all!!!!!

Hang in there

Jen

Mommy of 7, including ph 17 months with CF, Mallory 3 with CF, RAD, GERD,

OSA, new port-a-cath; 4 with CF; 6, Miranda 8, Brittany 7 yo

foster daughter with Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) soon to be adopted

by us; ERica 4 yo foster daughter, soon to be adopted by us also ; also aunt

to 3 yo with CF

[Guest guest]

I need enzymes even with rice. If you read the labels on the Rx jars, there

are three

proteins : Lipase for fat; usually more protease for protein, and amylase

for carbo-

hydrates. There are other enzymes, for beans, for instance, and for milk,

that they're

left out as not all of us lack the enzymes needed for those foods and they

can be

separately prescribed or purchased as needed--blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

blah

All three of my children use Beano (made by the Lactaid folks), and Lactaid

and/or

Lactaid milk as they are deficient in Lactase needed to digest Lactose.

I used to put 1/4 teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon (well not the teaspoon

itself)ful of

sugar (for absorption) and a tiny pinch of potassium chloride (from diet

bouillion cubes) into one pint of some yummy fruit juice, shake it up and act

like it was really

a treat, and my cfer fell for it. Powerade ain't cheap, but has more

potassium, but

I used to give my cfer Powerade diluted by half--Gatorade in a pinch; but the

great

thing about the homemade stuff (level measures, by the way) is that you can

add a

bit or subtract a bit untill you see that things are improving, provided one

does not go

overboard with the eledtrolytes and just pour salt, sugar and potassium in.

Not every cfer needs the potassium; I do and my young cfer did. Press delete

if in doubt!

n Rojas

[Guest guest]

well as of last monday Noah weighed 14.6 and yesterday he woke up and

has been throwing up he threw up his to bottles yesterday which

consisted of 7 ozs. of formula. He trew up again last nite, but i

think that was because the pedialyte i was giving him was a little on

the cold side, though it was warm enough and then at 2 am he threw

up, because he drank it to fast. this morning he had a 1 1/2 ozs. of

formula seemed okay waited about an 1 1/2 hrs band tried some more

and he threw up the enzymes never got the formula down. he has been

drinking peialyte very slowly over the last few hours and then he

threwup again. the dietition doesn't seem to worried she says that

it is the stomach flu and that all we can do is keep him hydrated.

she doesn't want him on formula for the next 24 hours. he lost 6

ozs. i'm scared and worried he is already so small for 8 mos. any

advice or just a kind word would be appreciated. not sure how much

to worry

mom of breanna 8yo wocf and noah 8mos old wcf

[Guest guest]

do they need

their enzymes with the water from the rice? jennifer

,

No, enzymes wouldn't even be needed with the rice itself, has it does not

bear fat

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[Guest guest]

The starch is easily converted to simple sugars by the body I never gave

enzymes as Rebekah has reflux and when she was throwing up the concern was

aspiration. The dehydration solution is simple 1 tsp. of sugar in 8 ounces of

water 1/4 tsp. of salt and any flavoring they like. I also found after having

severe throwing up with 8 pregnancies that Ginger helps to calm nausea the

really strong ginger cookies (usually the cheapest cookies were stronger in

ginger) I never tried the dried ginger. I hope this helps. BeckyB.

[Guest guest]

My kids actually LIKED crystallized ginger--the straight stuff covered with

sugar! It

worked anyway, and I was pleased to note that your recipe is identical to the

one our pharmacy gave us only thirty-four years ago!

n Rojas wcf, kids (grown) and big issue with dehidration with me and the

cf " kid "