Dashing to hospital...
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I wish trains were faster!
Mrs SWH just taken SWH Jnr into the children's ward (he has direct access)... currently on the ambling train from London to Uckfield to collect the car and head down to Eastbourne. Be nice if the 3G worked as well, but I'd rather the train was on time really!
Can't find the extensive thread from a couple of years ago about SWH Jnr's illness just at the moment. He had Haemolytic Anaemia and was treated at GOSH, then given the all clear back in November after a year in remission, but retains open access to the local hospital in case of any nasties reoccurring or any super quick fevers etc...
...hmm, yes, well he had a fever last night and ended up in our bed, settling eventually, then a bit of Calpol magic at 5am when my alarm went, and he went back to sleep, clearly not feeling great. Happily did his normal half day at nursery this morning and didn't instantly go to sleep in the car, his younger brother did of course, but he's only 2, so that's normal.
Once home SWH Jnr curled up on his bed and went to sleep, very unusual, then after 30min was still fast asleep, and at 45min Mrs SWH couldn't wake him up, at all. Eventually stirred a bit then straight back to sleep again, just the sort of thing we've been told to watch out for - rightly so too, there's no way of actually knowing if it's anything more serious than just a fever just by look, especially given his history.
So, off to hospital, minimal protest being carried to the car and straight back to sleep again, not ideal.
Hopefully he'll be seen quickly and isn't too traumatised, that goes for Mrs SWH too.... the feeling of helplessness sat here on the train isn't nice, this ramble has helped a bit however. Fingers crossed it's nothing serious.
Guessing he'll be straight in for a blood test, not nice but entirely necessary. He was in fact booked in for one on the 19th, due to us spotting he fatigues quick than his other little 4yr old chums and is often very overtired, despite lots of sleep - speaking with the GP this could just be the way he's now set up, having been very ill, or again it could be a number of things, so looking at his history it would make sense to do a comprehensive set of blood tests, just to eliminate anything nasty and to pick up anything underlying etc, sensible step and I guess that'll now be a few days earlier than planned!
Come on train, get a shift on! ...and yes, I'll be driving sensibly down to Eastbourne, don't worry!
Mrs SWH just taken SWH Jnr into the children's ward (he has direct access)... currently on the ambling train from London to Uckfield to collect the car and head down to Eastbourne. Be nice if the 3G worked as well, but I'd rather the train was on time really!
Can't find the extensive thread from a couple of years ago about SWH Jnr's illness just at the moment. He had Haemolytic Anaemia and was treated at GOSH, then given the all clear back in November after a year in remission, but retains open access to the local hospital in case of any nasties reoccurring or any super quick fevers etc...
...hmm, yes, well he had a fever last night and ended up in our bed, settling eventually, then a bit of Calpol magic at 5am when my alarm went, and he went back to sleep, clearly not feeling great. Happily did his normal half day at nursery this morning and didn't instantly go to sleep in the car, his younger brother did of course, but he's only 2, so that's normal.
Once home SWH Jnr curled up on his bed and went to sleep, very unusual, then after 30min was still fast asleep, and at 45min Mrs SWH couldn't wake him up, at all. Eventually stirred a bit then straight back to sleep again, just the sort of thing we've been told to watch out for - rightly so too, there's no way of actually knowing if it's anything more serious than just a fever just by look, especially given his history.
So, off to hospital, minimal protest being carried to the car and straight back to sleep again, not ideal.
Hopefully he'll be seen quickly and isn't too traumatised, that goes for Mrs SWH too.... the feeling of helplessness sat here on the train isn't nice, this ramble has helped a bit however. Fingers crossed it's nothing serious.
Guessing he'll be straight in for a blood test, not nice but entirely necessary. He was in fact booked in for one on the 19th, due to us spotting he fatigues quick than his other little 4yr old chums and is often very overtired, despite lots of sleep - speaking with the GP this could just be the way he's now set up, having been very ill, or again it could be a number of things, so looking at his history it would make sense to do a comprehensive set of blood tests, just to eliminate anything nasty and to pick up anything underlying etc, sensible step and I guess that'll now be a few days earlier than planned!
Come on train, get a shift on! ...and yes, I'll be driving sensibly down to Eastbourne, don't worry!
Found it. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Now lets hope the drive to Eastbourne is quiet.
Now lets hope the drive to Eastbourne is quiet.
Thank you.
Back home now, Mrs SWH calmer and SWH Jnr fast asleep (and still somewhat warm).
Made it to the hospital all fine, SWH Jnr a bit more with it, playing on Mrs SWH's iPhone and reasonably responsive. Stable at just over 38C and was such a good chap for the blood test as well. Helped it was a nurse we knew from before and she sensibly used a butterfly needle - clearly he wasn't a happy chap having it done, but it was quick and I think the other nurse holding his arm tight probably hurt more than the needle itself.
So, home and he finally had some Calpol once back here (wouldn't touch what the hospital offered him, based on previous experience I suspect!) and has settled fine. Hopefully a quiet night, poor chap, pretty traumatic all round.
Blood test results tomorrow, so that should give us a better picture of what's going on. Appears to be virus combined with a worn out chap who didn't get much sleep last night; fingers crossed nothing nasty shows up
Back home now, Mrs SWH calmer and SWH Jnr fast asleep (and still somewhat warm).
Made it to the hospital all fine, SWH Jnr a bit more with it, playing on Mrs SWH's iPhone and reasonably responsive. Stable at just over 38C and was such a good chap for the blood test as well. Helped it was a nurse we knew from before and she sensibly used a butterfly needle - clearly he wasn't a happy chap having it done, but it was quick and I think the other nurse holding his arm tight probably hurt more than the needle itself.
So, home and he finally had some Calpol once back here (wouldn't touch what the hospital offered him, based on previous experience I suspect!) and has settled fine. Hopefully a quiet night, poor chap, pretty traumatic all round.
Blood test results tomorrow, so that should give us a better picture of what's going on. Appears to be virus combined with a worn out chap who didn't get much sleep last night; fingers crossed nothing nasty shows up
Test results back, Hb count 11.8 (normal) and nothing related to what he had before - That's good
Less good is he's still got a fever and is running at around 39C, settled with some Calprofen just now, which should help, and can then do Calpol later on if needed - hopefully that'll drop his temperature down a bit.
Likely to need antibiotics if the fever continues into tomorrow, blood test indicated something bacterial, rather than viral, can't remember which count that was however.
Hopefully no worse overnight, as Eastbourne children's ward only covers day cases now, and we'd have to head over to Hastings, which isn't an especially direct route.
Now, how to get antibiotics into a nearly 4yr old, with a history of hospital visits sufficient to mean he won't take anything that's remotely different from Calpol (the Calprofen was a fluke, off chance as he was half asleep) - looks like you can get chewable/crushable derivatives of what he's had before, and I think the only likely way to get that into him is going to be via a sectioned up mini Mars bar (or similar), certainly something he doesn't realise tastes a bit different anyway.
Hopefully a quiet night...!
Less good is he's still got a fever and is running at around 39C, settled with some Calprofen just now, which should help, and can then do Calpol later on if needed - hopefully that'll drop his temperature down a bit.
Likely to need antibiotics if the fever continues into tomorrow, blood test indicated something bacterial, rather than viral, can't remember which count that was however.
Hopefully no worse overnight, as Eastbourne children's ward only covers day cases now, and we'd have to head over to Hastings, which isn't an especially direct route.
Now, how to get antibiotics into a nearly 4yr old, with a history of hospital visits sufficient to mean he won't take anything that's remotely different from Calpol (the Calprofen was a fluke, off chance as he was half asleep) - looks like you can get chewable/crushable derivatives of what he's had before, and I think the only likely way to get that into him is going to be via a sectioned up mini Mars bar (or similar), certainly something he doesn't realise tastes a bit different anyway.
Hopefully a quiet night...!
SWH said:
Test results back, Hb count 11.8 (normal) and nothing related to what he had before - That's good
Less good is he's still got a fever and is running at around 39C, settled with some Calprofen just now, which should help, and can then do Calpol later on if needed - hopefully that'll drop his temperature down a bit.
Likely to need antibiotics if the fever continues into tomorrow, blood test indicated something bacterial, rather than viral, can't remember which count that was however.
Hopefully no worse overnight, as Eastbourne children's ward only covers day cases now, and we'd have to head over to Hastings, which isn't an especially direct route.
Now, how to get antibiotics into a nearly 4yr old, with a history of hospital visits sufficient to mean he won't take anything that's remotely different from Calpol (the Calprofen was a fluke, off chance as he was half asleep) - looks like you can get chewable/crushable derivatives of what he's had before, and I think the only likely way to get that into him is going to be via a sectioned up mini Mars bar (or similar), certainly something he doesn't realise tastes a bit different anyway.
Hopefully a quiet night...!
Could they not just give him an injection or a suppository of antibiotics?Less good is he's still got a fever and is running at around 39C, settled with some Calprofen just now, which should help, and can then do Calpol later on if needed - hopefully that'll drop his temperature down a bit.
Likely to need antibiotics if the fever continues into tomorrow, blood test indicated something bacterial, rather than viral, can't remember which count that was however.
Hopefully no worse overnight, as Eastbourne children's ward only covers day cases now, and we'd have to head over to Hastings, which isn't an especially direct route.
Now, how to get antibiotics into a nearly 4yr old, with a history of hospital visits sufficient to mean he won't take anything that's remotely different from Calpol (the Calprofen was a fluke, off chance as he was half asleep) - looks like you can get chewable/crushable derivatives of what he's had before, and I think the only likely way to get that into him is going to be via a sectioned up mini Mars bar (or similar), certainly something he doesn't realise tastes a bit different anyway.
Hopefully a quiet night...!
I like the extreme approach... I suspect it won't work however 
It would be via injection or IV (with a cannula) if he gets worse... however, following a reasonable night's sleep, we now have a very sweaty SWH Jnr, who's not had anything Calpol related since late last night, running at 37.8C... that's better, seems to be building up to an almighty snot-fest as well - this is normal stuff, rather than, ah crap, time to go to hospital stuff, so that's good.
Right, it's morning and I'm on the train, sleeping is required.
It would be via injection or IV (with a cannula) if he gets worse... however, following a reasonable night's sleep, we now have a very sweaty SWH Jnr, who's not had anything Calpol related since late last night, running at 37.8C... that's better, seems to be building up to an almighty snot-fest as well - this is normal stuff, rather than, ah crap, time to go to hospital stuff, so that's good.
Right, it's morning and I'm on the train, sleeping is required.
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