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Flu Warning related to Kids

Moderators: Bill Loguidice, David Torre, crcasey, Mark1970, deshrill

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forcefield58

Mon Mar 20 2006, 02:48PM

Registered Member #432
Joined Tue Nov 23 2004, 09:54PM
Location: Northern Virginia
posts 771

I know this isn't gaming related, but wanted to pass along a bad experience we recently had in the hope that it may help somebody.

Our 4-yr old had been sick off and on for 3 weeks. Her symptoms were Flu-like, fever, sweats, no appetite, etc. We took her to the doctor 3 times leading up to last weekend. The only thing we were told to do was keep her hydrated and on Tylenol for the fever. Well, not sure how many of you have young ones but try to get someone who doesn't want to eat or drink to eat or drink!!

We got a call from the pre-school at 1000 last Fri to say that our daughter had a fever again and was very listless.

My wife picked her up and took her to the doctor. The doctor told them to proceed immediately to the hospital. We waited in the waiting room for 4 hours before the on-call doctor finally saw us. To make a long story short, the doctor said if we had waited another hour she would have died. She was so badly dehydrated they had to give her an IV and proceeded to pump 4 liters into her. It was about the scariest thing I had ever been through.

Don't take the flu or flu-like symptoms lightly, especially with kids. We should have gone straight to the hospital vice the doctor.

Bill Loguidice

Tue Mar 21 2006, 11:04AM

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Location: Central New Jersey, USA
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Thank God it turned out all right. We had to deal with trying to get fluids into our stubborn 16 month old last week and it was not pleasant! Definitely don't take any chances with our kids!

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Mark1970

Tue Mar 21 2006, 05:11PM

Armchair Arcade Editor

Location: The Netherlands
posts 1860

Indeed. Small children can get dehydrated fast! Thank god things turned out allright.

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forcefield58

Tue Mar 21 2006, 07:59PM

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Joined: Tue Nov 23 2004, 09:54PM
Location: Northern Virginia
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Strange thing is our older kids had the flu when they were younger and we never had dehydration issues with them like we have with our youngest. She was drinking but just not enough I guess during this last episode. The emergency room Dr. said he's noticed more cases like this in the last 2 months than he has for the past 10 years combined.

deshrill

Wed Mar 22 2006, 04:51AM

Armchair Arcade Editor

Location: Savannah, GA
posts 907

Interesting... Maybe this is a trickle down effect from less flu vaccinations being available in the US?

-- Mathew Tschirgi
If you want to experience pain, read the worst blog.

Mark1970

Wed Mar 22 2006, 09:40AM

Armchair Arcade Editor

Location: The Netherlands
posts 1860

There is a huge variation in how kids respond to being sick. From an epidemiological standpoint one cannot make such conclusions from experiences from one family. But an interesting hypothesis!

Good advise is always to be cautious when kids are sick. Smaller bodies dehydrate faster. Hope your little girl is feeling a lot better soon!

Mark Vergeer - Editor / I(c)onizer

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