How do people handle it

When their kids are really sick. Jacob has been down for 2 days w/a fever and a nasty cough, and here I am up at 5:30 b/c I'm a wreck and cannot sleep. I need to gain some perspective! I know it's just a bug, perhaps a bronchitis - I'm going to take him into the ped today ... I honestly don't know how I would handle a serious illness!

[Sheherezade]

I can honestly say that when my DS was sick with antibiotic resistant pneumonia and hospitalized.....it was the worst time in my life. I felt like sh*t. Worry is all consuming.

Take him to the doctor. If he doesn't get better, take him again. Pediatricians are trained to deal with pestering parents -- and that is your job right now. I hope he feels better soon. Push fluids.

Xander was sick a few weeks back and I turned into a neurotic maniac.....it's horrible!!! Totally scares the pants off me to think pf any one of them being really sick...

I always feel better after seeing someone (ie ped)

Kisses to Jacob.

[DCJenn]

It's such a horrible feeling! but you'll feel better after you take hiim, even if doesn't!

and every pediatrician I know would rather see them and have it be nothing than not see them and have it be something big.

Jenn

[Flynn]

I had a friend who saw some blood in her daughter's urine and asked me what I would do. Her daughter was three at the time and had had blood for about five days (just a little bit) by the time she asked me. I knew that symptom was nothing to take lightly!

I told her what all of you have said -- better to go and have it be nothing and I encouraged her to see her doc THAT day without being too freakish about it. TELL THE NURSE YOUR CONCERN -- and be as specific as possible about the blood. They got her in about 15 minutes after she called!

It was cancer. Her three year old had a rare form of cancer. That just about wrecked me and it wasn't MY child.

Anyway the good news is the girl turned 4 this September and has had clean scans since the surgery.


I have no idea how I would react had it been my daughter but it really made me count my blessings. I agree, having a very sick child would be one of the worst feelings I can think of.

Antibiotic prescibed. One ear looks infected, lungs were slightly raspy - but nothing scary. Just an over-anxious mom.

One dose of anitbiotic and the kid is voluntarily sitting up for the 1st time in 3 days!

Thanks guys.

Phew. Glad everything looks ok.

Those coughs can just sound horrible.

[Phoebe]

Glad everything looks ok. I dont' know how people handle really sick kids. I get nervous as well.

you just do.

Now Matthew hasn't been sick sick but he has spent 48 hours in ICU on a ventilator and numberous of stays in hospital when I couldn't control his asthma on nebs at home and he's needed steroids or aminophiline etc.

I guess when you have to you just do.

A friends baby was born with bilary atresia and the surgeery failed as it was past 12 weeks when it was discovered, she was in hospital for months on a lot of drugs and feeds to get her up to the required weight and at 6 months old she had a liver transplant. I just don't know how my friend and husband got through it. She was on the same ward as Matthew used to go to and I hate that place so to spend months and months on it is just imaginable torchure but when you have no choice you just get on with it.

[Flynn]

Jesher -- glad your boy is okay and will recover. It's scary when their sick no matter what they have!

Glad to hear the munchkin is feeling a bit better!!!