Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Britt's sick
Poor baby had a fever and was lethargic so we took her to the doctor today.
The doctor wanted a urine sample, so I spent 20 minutes sitting on the bathroom floor in the doctor's office with my arm in the toilet, holding a cup for Britt to pee in. She finally did, though most of it went all over my hand.
We got her home and gave her the first dose of medicine for her urinary tract infection, and she slept all afternoon. She woke up feeling much better, and was her normal live-wire self all evening.
Then it was time for her bedtime dose. She hates taking medicine, so it's a two-person operation and we practically have to sit on her to get it in her mouth; it's traumatic for all of us. This time it was worse than usual, because she cried so hard that she threw up. And then I had to decide if enough stayed down or if I needed to give her another dose and risk her puking again.
And we get to do this twice a day for ten days.
She just woke up needing to pee, and we discovered that her fever is back so we tried to give her some Tylenol. She didn't want any, so she started crying and threw that up, too.
Gah, this child's gag reflex! It defeats me every time.
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Have you tried hiding the medicine in yogurt, apple sauce or her drink? Make sure you only give enough to make sure she gets all the medicine. This would work with Kyra most of the time unless she got full.
She's done much better since that first day. She still doesn't like it, but she doesn't cry and get all wound up about it now so there hasn't been any more vomiting.
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