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Advice needed, ASAP (kid = sick)
Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier
complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. He was even holding his ear and crying while we walked home from the store (5 min max walk from home) After telling him there's nothing I can do about it until we got home, hurry up and we can get home and see about it, he has a bath, some cough syrup (he does have a pretty yucky cough) and also some children's Tylenol, he went to sleep. He wasn't crying about it, but he did say his ear hurt inside. He had a fantastic ear infection about a month ago. He was given some antibiotics for it (that time, it was 2am when I hauled him in the car to go to the hospital out of the city due to it being a Friday night and city hospitals with a wait time of hours and hours, out of city hospital had NO wait at all) I left DD sleeping while DH was at home sleeping as well, and off we went. He took the medication as directed - 1tsp 3 times a day until finished. Now, again this evening, it seems to be the same case. I'm assuming another ear infection, and of course, it's almost midnight, AND it just happens to be another Friday night - busy hospitals at midnight on Fridays... The problem now is, I am home alone with the kids. It's midnight, and I don't think I'm too keen on packing the sleeping kids up (and one who has ear pain) at this hour to drive the highway half an hour out of the city. I called my mom, who lives on the far opposite side of the city, and asking her to come all the way here to stay with a sleeping baby at this hour is stupid. She told me to put a hot face cloth in a plastic bag and get him to sleep on that bag on his huring ear. He is back asleep now - actually, in the time that it took me to walk downstairs, do a few things and check the time on if I can give him some more Tylenol, I went back upstairs and he was sleeping... I would assume this is a temporary fix, if anything... Now I'm stuck on what to do. I tried calling BIL's, where DH is supposed to be right now, but BIL said he's still waiting for DH to get there - expected him around 8 or 9pm, and now it's midnight. DH did NOT show up at his brother's house, yet disappearing is nothing new. Not gonna lie about that. As is the case almost always, I am assuming alien abduction. At this point, I'm hoping and praying for alien abduction complete with anal probe and never returning him... Should I just hope that this hot face cloth in a bag holds DS off until morning?? Should I just be prepared to be up every hour or two when he wakes up crying his face off because his ear hurts? Should I pack all the sleeping babies up to take him to the hospital if he wakes up again or continues to wake up? I'm doubting someone's been in this situation as feeling helpless and stranded, but what would you suggest? Anything I could do at home? Tomorrow morning, we have a wedding... I don't think taking a child with an ear infection (or just a general pain that wakes him up at night crying) is a wise idea, although this wedding for SIL is a family gathering... I also would have to miss the wedding if I'm sitting around a hospital tomorrow morning with this, or end up being dead tired come tomorrow... Kind of in a jam here.. If I call the 24h health line, they'll just tell me to take the kid to see a doctor... They really won't care about what situation I'm in... What's the lesser of evil? Taking the kid in (and waking the baby up to do so and carting her around the area) or not take him in and pretty much let him deal with it... Any ideas?? I'm so tired right now as it is... And tomorrow, no matter what now, will be a very long day... |
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Kathryn wrote: Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. He was even holding his ear and crying while we walked home from the store (5 min max walk from home) Any ideas?? I'm so tired right now as it is... And tomorrow, no matter what now, will be a very long day... You have my absolute sympathy. If I were you, I would hope for the best with not taking him in....dose him up with Tylenol if he wakes up and do the hot cloth thing, maybe sleep in his room with him so you can get to him as quick as you can. Then get up early to take him to the hospital if it's still painful so you can take care of that before your wedding committment. I hope that all goes as well as it possibly can, it's so hard to be stuck in these sorts of situations. Stasya |
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Ohh I sympathise too. My DD2 has had an ear infection for 4 weeks now and
the antibiotics are slowly starting to work. I think if DS is sleeping then leave him, dose him with Pamol/Tynol every 4 hours and tomorrow or Sunday if he shows no sign of improvement then take him in. The last time I rushed DD2 over to our nearest A&E (it was a Sunday so here in NZ we have to do this) and the doctor there said that they are starting to encourage people to wait 3 days with a suspected ear infection because more and more often it seems they can sort themselves out. For me personally I tend to take my children in because they have temps of 39 or 40 that I cannot lower, and not so much because they have sore ears. Obviously I don't want them to be in pain and I want to treat the infection but temperature tends to be first on the list for me. If they are still miserable after a day or so then I take them back in. Take care -- Pip My girls : DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - 21 March 02 - "I'm a big girl cause I go to school kindy" DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - 3 Feb 05 - Took her first steps on her 1st Birthday. "Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!" -- "Kathryn" wrote in message news:fA4ng.88712$771.20898@edtnps89... Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. He was even holding his ear and crying while we walked home from the store (5 min max walk from home) After telling him there's nothing I can do about it until we got home, hurry up and we can get home and see about it, he has a bath, some cough syrup (he does have a pretty yucky cough) and also some children's Tylenol, he went to sleep. He wasn't crying about it, but he did say his ear hurt inside. He had a fantastic ear infection about a month ago. He was given some antibiotics for it (that time, it was 2am when I hauled him in the car to go to the hospital out of the city due to it being a Friday night and city hospitals with a wait time of hours and hours, out of city hospital had NO wait at all) I left DD sleeping while DH was at home sleeping as well, and off we went. He took the medication as directed - 1tsp 3 times a day until finished. Now, again this evening, it seems to be the same case. I'm assuming another ear infection, and of course, it's almost midnight, AND it just happens to be another Friday night - busy hospitals at midnight on Fridays... The problem now is, I am home alone with the kids. It's midnight, and I don't think I'm too keen on packing the sleeping kids up (and one who has ear pain) at this hour to drive the highway half an hour out of the city. I called my mom, who lives on the far opposite side of the city, and asking her to come all the way here to stay with a sleeping baby at this hour is stupid. She told me to put a hot face cloth in a plastic bag and get him to sleep on that bag on his huring ear. He is back asleep now - actually, in the time that it took me to walk downstairs, do a few things and check the time on if I can give him some more Tylenol, I went back upstairs and he was sleeping... I would assume this is a temporary fix, if anything... Now I'm stuck on what to do. I tried calling BIL's, where DH is supposed to be right now, but BIL said he's still waiting for DH to get there - expected him around 8 or 9pm, and now it's midnight. DH did NOT show up at his brother's house, yet disappearing is nothing new. Not gonna lie about that. As is the case almost always, I am assuming alien abduction. At this point, I'm hoping and praying for alien abduction complete with anal probe and never returning him... Should I just hope that this hot face cloth in a bag holds DS off until morning?? Should I just be prepared to be up every hour or two when he wakes up crying his face off because his ear hurts? Should I pack all the sleeping babies up to take him to the hospital if he wakes up again or continues to wake up? I'm doubting someone's been in this situation as feeling helpless and stranded, but what would you suggest? Anything I could do at home? Tomorrow morning, we have a wedding... I don't think taking a child with an ear infection (or just a general pain that wakes him up at night crying) is a wise idea, although this wedding for SIL is a family gathering... I also would have to miss the wedding if I'm sitting around a hospital tomorrow morning with this, or end up being dead tired come tomorrow... Kind of in a jam here.. If I call the 24h health line, they'll just tell me to take the kid to see a doctor... They really won't care about what situation I'm in... What's the lesser of evil? Taking the kid in (and waking the baby up to do so and carting her around the area) or not take him in and pretty much let him deal with it... Any ideas?? I'm so tired right now as it is... And tomorrow, no matter what now, will be a very long day... |
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Kathryn wrote: Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. Dose him with motrin and a decongestant so that the eustachian tube can drain. Take him to a clinic in the morning. Screw the wedding - alleviating his suffering and saving his hearing is more important. -L. |
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I agree. I would also suggest that if he has had frequent ear
infections that you consider taking him to a specialist. My son wound up with hearing loss (fortunately it was corrected when he had tubes placed in his ears for drainage - had adnoids removed at same time). Also, I have found that Ibuprofen/Motrin/Advil works better (stronger pain/fever relief for a longer period of time) than Tylenol on ear pain and on fever. Let us know how he is. T L. wrote: Screw the wedding - alleviating his suffering and saving his hearing is more important. -L. |
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"Me Myself and I" wrote in message news:1151138712.590328@ftpsrv1... Ohh I sympathise too. My DD2 has had an ear infection for 4 weeks now and the antibiotics are slowly starting to work. I think if DS is sleeping then leave him, dose him with Pamol/Tynol every 4 hours and tomorrow or Sunday if he shows no sign of improvement then take him in. The last time I rushed DD2 over to our nearest A&E (it was a Sunday so here in NZ we have to do this) and the doctor there said that they are starting to encourage people to wait 3 days with a suspected ear infection because more and more often it seems they can sort themselves out. For me personally I tend to take my children in because they have temps of 39 or 40 that I cannot lower, and not so much because they have sore ears. Obviously I don't want them to be in pain and I want to treat the infection but temperature tends to be first on the list for me. If they are still miserable after a day or so then I take them back in. Take care -- Pip My girls : DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - 21 March 02 - "I'm a big girl cause I go to school kindy" DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - 3 Feb 05 - Took her first steps on her 1st Birthday. "Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!" Hope the OP can sort this one out but I would forget the wedding and concentrate on the sick kid. However, in regard to waiting 3 days to see if it would go away by itself, the one time I did this for DS1 who suffered from frequent infections, he ended up in extreme pain with some blood coming from the ear. To see him scream in pain like that was heart wrenching and he only got some sleep after the eardrum ruptured and relieved the pressure. I only decided to wait after reading this information also and having experienced little sympathy from the hospital A&E staff in the past because none of our local doctors work after hours or on weekends, I figured it would be ok to wait until Monday morning when I could see our own doctor. Bad idea in this particular case although each one is different - he did have other infections which were handled ok with Panadol and we would manage to cope until our own doctor was available. Thank God, he has grown out of ear infections because they are no fun for anyone. Good luck to the OP - hope you manage all right. Back to lurking :-) cheers Leah (lurker and Mum to two boys 9 and 4) |
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"L." wrote in message ups.com... Kathryn wrote: Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. Dose him with motrin and a decongestant so that the eustachian tube can drain. Take him to a clinic in the morning. Screw the wedding - alleviating his suffering and saving his hearing is more important. If he is feeling well before the wedding, I would take him. But explain the situation to the hosts and family members. If he starts to hurt, say goodbye and leave. Jeff -L. |
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Kathryn wrote:
Alright, here's the scoop... It's 11:50pm over here. DS, 5yo, was earlier complaining that his ear hurt, around 730-8pm. He was even holding his ear and crying while we walked home from the store (5 min max walk from home) After telling him there's nothing I can do about it until we got home, hurry up and we can get home and see about it, he has a bath, some cough syrup (he does have a pretty yucky cough) and also some children's Tylenol, he went to sleep. He wasn't crying about it, but he did say his ear hurt inside. He had a fantastic ear infection about a month ago. He was given some antibiotics for it (that time, it was 2am when I hauled him in the car to go to the hospital out of the city due to it being a Friday night and city hospitals with a wait time of hours and hours, out of city hospital had NO wait at all) I left DD sleeping while DH was at home sleeping as well, and off we went. He took the medication as directed - 1tsp 3 times a day until finished. Now, again this evening, it seems to be the same case. I'm assuming another ear infection, and of course, it's almost midnight, AND it just happens to be another Friday night - busy hospitals at midnight on Fridays... The problem now is, I am home alone with the kids. It's midnight, and I don't think I'm too keen on packing the sleeping kids up (and one who has ear pain) at this hour to drive the highway half an hour out of the city. This won't help now, but if he is prone to this sort of thing, you might ask the doctor for analgesic ear drops to have on hand. That plus some Motrin or Tylenol will usually get you through the night. Best wishes, Ericka |
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:38:46 -0400, Ericka Kammerer
wrote: This won't help now, but if he is prone to this sort of thing, you might ask the doctor for analgesic ear drops to have on hand. That plus some Motrin or Tylenol will usually get you through the night. I heartily second this recommendation. My ds was prone to earaches at nighttime. Having the ear drops on hand saved my sanity. Nan |
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"Nan" wrote in message ... On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:38:46 -0400, Ericka Kammerer wrote: This won't help now, but if he is prone to this sort of thing, you might ask the doctor for analgesic ear drops to have on hand. That plus some Motrin or Tylenol will usually get you through the night. I heartily second this recommendation. My ds was prone to earaches at nighttime. Having the ear drops on hand saved my sanity. In some countries they don't even give antibiotics. The infections usually get better on their own. There is a slight dnager that the infection will spread to the bone or even brain. Both are to be avoided, however. Jeff Nan |
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