|
The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Blimey, what can you say. A parents nightmare.
I hope she contines to get better, and if its any consolation you have all my sympathy and best wishes! |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228223)
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. I wish her a speedy recovery. Sending a cyber hug to you. ((((()))))))) |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228223)
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Aaaaaaw Amy bless your little baby.
If its of any consellation it happened to my daughter too, it is the most frightening thing in the world when it happens, but you didn't panic and she is on the mend. It is more common than people think, just monitor her and she should be fine (though i'm not a doctor), my baby never fitted again after that one occasion. Big hugs and best wishes for a speedy recovery.:wub: |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Biig huug to you. I she gets better soon.
My eldest daughter had a few feberile convulsions (sp?) as a toddler and did grow out of them. They seemed to go hand in had with a high temp and flu-like symptoms. I seem to recall letting her eat ice-cream and giving lots of tepid baths to keep her cool. Take care m x |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by Mim_Pangers
(Post 6228283)
Biig huug to you. I she gets better soon.
My eldest daughter had a few feberile convulsions (sp?) as a toddler and did grow out of them. They seemed to go hand in had with a high temp and flu-like symptoms. I seem to recall letting her eat ice-cream and giving lots of tepid baths to keep her cool. Take care m x |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228302)
I am attempting to get ice cream down today but all she wants is marshmellows!
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Oh Amy you poor thing and your little daughter, she must have been so frightened too as well as her mum and dad!
Hope it never happens again:huh: |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hi Amy and co
Sorry to hear your news. Our daughter had a similar thing when she was little and the doctor said to strip her off and cool her down with cold flannels, seemed to help. She only ever had one and has been right as rain ever since. Fingers crossed it's a one off for you too. Let us know how she goes on. Thinking of you. OKMurrays |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
How awful for you...
Sending lots of get well hugs......:wub: hope she feels loads better soon.:) |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hope she is soon on the mend, it happened to my daughter too when she was a toddler, it is the most frightening thing. Thankfully it only ever happened the once.
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
a big hug for you and little un {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{v}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
It is more common than you realise, if my daughter spiked a temp you could almost fry and egg on her body, then she had her tonsils out and it stopped. In turn her daughter is the same but like your little un did tended to stop breathing she had her tonsils removed last year and it ok now. Keep safe and give her marshmallow if she wants them :lol: |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
HIya...
I sooooo sympathise. My oldest son had a febrile convulsion just before we left the UK...His whole face and lips turned black as he had also stopped breathing. I must say the UK ambulance service were with us in about three minutes and were fantastic...Worst part was that I couldn't stay with him overnight in the hospital as son no. 2 was only two wks old and there was a vomiting bug there they obviously didn't want to expose him to!!! He has never had another although we have been told that son 2 might also have one....At least this time we will know about it.... Lots of sympathy hugs L |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
That must have been terrifying. I hope she's 100% again soon.
My eldest used to get raging temps every time he had the slightest repiratory infection, but thankfully wasn't prone to convulsions. One useful thing we did find out was that (in his case) ibuprofen was FAR more effective at lowering his fevers than paracetamol (sorry - acetaminophen!) which made barely no difference. We were also advised that the best effect was achieved by alternating the two meds. They can be given at the same time with no ill effects as they're totally different drugs, but always making sure that you never exceed the max daily doseage of either (and leave a min of 4hrs between paracetamol doses and 6hrs between ibuprofen doses.) |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AlexInBC
(Post 6229189)
That must have been terrifying. I hope she's 100% again soon.
My eldest used to get raging temps every time he had the slightest repiratory infection, but thankfully wasn't prone to convulsions. One useful thing we did find out was that (in his case) ibuprofen was FAR more effective at lowering his fevers than paracetamol (sorry - acetaminophen!) which made barely no difference. We were also advised that the best effect was achieved by alternating the two meds. They can be given at the same time with no ill effects as they're totally different drugs, but always making sure that you never exceed the max daily doseage of either (and leave a min of 4hrs between paracetamol doses and 6hrs between ibuprofen doses.) |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
AWW big hugs xxx
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hope things are much better for you now. If its any consolation this is fairly common with littleuns that have high temperatures and it will probably never happen again. My monster ate a jar of Vics when she was about 18 months! That was scary as the poisons unit told me it was poisonous and I would either have to admit her to A&E or monitor her all night incase she had a fit. Silly child! I blame my hubby for leaving it by her cot!! Kids eh. Who'd have 'em? :rofl:
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by neekie
(Post 6229867)
Hope things are much better for you now. If its any consolation this is fairly common with littleuns that have high temperatures and it will probably never happen again. My monster ate a jar of Vics when she was about 18 months! That was scary as the poisons unit told me it was poisonous and I would either have to admit her to A&E or monitor her all night incase she had a fit. Silly child! I blame my hubby for leaving it by her cot!! Kids eh. Who'd have 'em? :rofl:
It's Nana, hysterical, to say that she thinks he's eaten all her sweeteners!:eek: Kid by now asleep and unrousable. I call the hospital for advice, and they have to call the poison unit in London to see if an overdose of Sorbitol requires action! Nervous pacing ensues ... by now it's after midnight. Eventually the hospital call back to say that he might get a nice case of the runs, but he doesn't need his stomach pumped or anything.:huh: Next day Nana calls to say she's found all the sweeteners. He'd taken them out of the tube and put them in a paper bag which he left behind the couch! :blink::rofl: |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Oh! What a horrible thing to do to a Mum:eek: Hiding sweetners/having convulsions - blinking kids don't they know how scary they can be????:rofl:
Seriousley I hope she is feeling better and is pigging out on marshmellows! |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Goodness me that is awful, you must have been terrified. Hope she is feeling better.
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228223)
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228223)
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. Thank goodness your OH was there im sure you would have dealt with it if you had been on your own i know its very scary, :thumbsup: for the staff at Halifax thats great to see they responded well. good luck hope its all over with now :wub: its made me think about my first aid course again its been 3 years since i did the last one, must get on the next course :D |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
I hope she is feel in better now. Just give her plenty of cool drinks and wearing light clothing. My son did this from age 6 weeks to 6 years (which is unusual, they usually stop long before then). She will grow out of it and one day will be a really obnoxious but healthy teenager like mine.
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Amy - I am so sorry to hear this, how utterly awful for you. My goodness, I cant even imagine how scary that was. Glad to hear she is fine now, and I hope you all take it easy this weekend!
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hi Amydavid, that must have been extremely scarey. Hope she is well now and back to her old self :)
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6228223)
Yesterday afternoon my youngest daughter had a very high fever, which in turn caused her to have a fit and stop breathing. It has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to us and I am SO happy my OH was here because I was no help at all - apart from managing to call 911.
The staff and ambulance crew at IWK here in Halifax were absolutely fantastic and after lots and lots of tests they allowed us to take her home. She seems to be okay today and we are dosing her up with Tylenol but have been told that it may happen again if her temp. cannot be controlled. OH is at work today so I am like her constant shadow and feel completely sick - BUT at least she is here with us. Only just got around to reading the post but know exactly where you're coming from. My youngest suffered with febrile convulsions up until he was about 3 then they stopped as suddenly as they'd appeared. I think that 1st one was the most scariest thing John and I have ever had to deal with. At the time I had no idea how common febrile convulsions were - the things our children put us through :eek: If your little one is the same as David she will have bounced back to her normal self by now - you on the other hand will spend days watching her like a hawk. Best wishes to all of you Lynne |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by Beastie
(Post 6233223)
Only just got around to reading the post but know exactly where you're coming from. My youngest suffered with febrile convulsions up until he was about 3 then they stopped as suddenly as they'd appeared. I think that 1st one was the most scariest thing John and I have ever had to deal with.
At the time I had no idea how common febrile convulsions were - the things our children put us through :eek: If your little one is the same as David she will have bounced back to her normal self by now - you on the other hand will spend days watching her like a hawk. Best wishes to all of you Lynne |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by AmyDavid
(Post 6233635)
Thanks everyone for your best wishes - she is a little better today - still highish temp and being sleepy and grouchy and I am tired out after checking on her every 10mins when she is asleep. I do believe I am now a neurotic (spell?) mother!
Think I can safely say I became a neurotic mum the day I gave birth all those years ago. We started off 4 weeks premature and a breech delivery - haven't looked back since :blink: Lynne |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hope your wee one is feeling better today, and Mum is starting to relax a little. ;)
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Just got round to this post.
i hope the little one is feeling better today, plenty of ice-cream for her :thumbsup: We went through the same with my son, but he over produces insulin, very rare in the uk, but im finding very common here in alberta ;) i think ive turned into one of those mums now, as i alsways carry stuff for him in my hand bag and watch to make sure he is ok......mothers ehh give her plenty of hugs of us on BE :thumbsup::wub: Gill |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Originally Posted by gill_andy_grew
(Post 6235180)
Just got round to this post.
i hope the little one is feeling better today, plenty of ice-cream for her :thumbsup: We went through the same with my son, but he over produces insulin, very rare in the uk, but im finding very common here in alberta ;) i think ive turned into one of those mums now, as i alsways carry stuff for him in my hand bag and watch to make sure he is ok......mothers ehh give her plenty of hugs of us on BE :thumbsup::wub: Gill |
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
glad to hear that she is feeling better!!:p
|
Re: The Most Awful Night of my Life Ever.
Hi,
Just stumbled on this..... Bit late I know but you have my sympathy is has to be scariest thing ever! All our three suffered with temps, and our youngest was hospitalised for three days when he was two years old with exactly the same thing as your daughter. It is a very common thing, but, still scares the crap out of you! Especially for me as 'ours' are actually my OH children and when Jack was hospitalised he had only been living with me full-time for 2 months. Just to make it worse his older sister had been in the month before having swallowed a 20 pence piece, which we all thought would just pass through, e-ray proved otherwise as it was lodged in her throat! she had to have operation to remove it. So my journey into motherhood was traumatic to say the least. Staff and I on children's ward were on first name terms...:eek: We were advised to alternate paracetamol and ibuprofen, it also made me want to learn first aid..... Which I did..... Wishing you and your daughter all the best. As others have said she will more than likely grow out of it. :wub: Charlie :wub: |
| All times are GMT. The time now is 7:31 am. |
Powered by vBulletin: ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.