When our kids get sick

[yezzi]

my baby is taking protexin watery din kasi yung poop nya.

One thing i'm concerned about is on-off yung fever nya , pag tinigil ko yung paractamol. magkakasinat nanaman siya , doctor findings is [textspeak!] phlegm nya daw or matigas yung ubo, have any of you mommies experience the same concern?

[yapeegurl]

^2 weeks ago nilagnat din ang baby ko. It started Friday afternoon. Friday night nag high fever. 39 something degrees. Saturday morning we brought him sa pedia. Pedia prescribed paracetamol for low grade fever to be given 6hrs interval and Ibuprofen for high grade fever (above 38.5deg) 6hrs interval din. At this time wala cough and colds pa si baby. Nacheck ang tonsils and no swelling. No rashes. Under observation pa sya kung dengue or HFMD as it was too early to tell. Sunday afternoon nag start mag cough then red na tonsils. Dry cough. Ang fever niya hindi nawala since Friday afternoon until Tuesday morning. Round the clock iyang paracetamol and ibuprofen. Gumigising talaga ako sa madaling araw and every hour naka monitor ang temp. Monday morning balik kami ulit sa pedia. He was prescribed with antibiotics (kasi a week prior to this ay nagkaubo din siya pero no antibiotics were given. Flumicil lang, montelukast, and ventolin). He took Klacid (antibiotics), dimetapp, bambec, and aerius from Wednesday to Monday. 6 days.  While he was taking these meds, ineexpel talaga ang phlegm kaya ubo ng ubo.

It's a relief na natapos na ang cough niya. Nagbabawi na sa pagkain.

[Dacian]

ang hirap talaga kapag nagkakasakit ang baby, nakakapanic.  baby ko nagkaroon ng allergy and i don't know kung anong food kasi wala naman kaming bago pina-try sa kanya.  akala ko hindi sa food yung allergy pero pedia said na sa food daw yun kapag may allergy pati sa loob ng damit.  zyrtec prescribed kay baby.

[twelvth_goddess]

^My daughter and I had allergies 2 weeks ago. I thought it was a food allergy kase ako ang unang nagkaron. Yung sa daughter ko mas naging malala and I got scared pa kase 2 days before the allergies nagka-fever sya so akala ko baka dengue or measles. It turned out to be viral exanthem pala, nawala din naman after a few days.

[Dacian]

@twelvth_goddess
after my baby took zyrtec, medyo okay na sya.  nawala na red bumps nya.  hindi na rin sya nangangati, hindi na nagkakamot.  hindi naman sya viral sabi ni pedia, yun kaagad in-ask namin kay pedia.  dermographism daw.  nakaka-scared talaga kapag babies na natin may nararamdaman.

[twelvth_goddess]

^True. I'm a working mom and I feel helpless whenever my baby girl feels ill tapos I need to go to work. Buti na lang alternate ang working hours namin ni hubby. Lageng may naiiwan sa anak namin when one of us is at work.

I'm glad your baby if getting better na

[Cherry143]

Hello mga sis. Help naman. Baby has fever, very sticky or dry cough, tunny nose. She is to take paracetamol, augmentin, disudrin, water na pang hydrate. As usual wala halos kinakain si baby, no appetite now then ang hina nya mag milk. Plus napupuyat sya (at kami) kasi nagigising sya sa ubo nya na paulit ulit. Now i wonder paano ko ipapa inum yung mga gamot nya? Alin ang priority, alin uunahin? She is so tired she just want to sleep. So paano ko mabigay yung gamot? At kung sakali man, ok lang ba na puros gamot at konting gatas lang ang laman ng tyan nya dahil di nga sya kumakain now?

Help sis. Kung isama ko sa milk yung gamot nya, ok lang ba?

[twelvth_goddess]

^Pwede naman sis. Kung sticky yung cough nya, i-nebulize mo na din.

My daughter has cough and colds too, 1 week na pero nabawasan na naman. Super hirap pag nagkakasakit ang kids, nakakaawa talaga.

[DV]

^^Mas maganda kung hindi isama sa milk ang gamot baka kasi hindi naman maubos ang milk, hindi mate-take ang full dosage ng gamot. When my child was smaller, I used a syringe dropper to administer and point it under the tongue or to the cheek para hindi masyadong malasahan.

May schedule yan sa reseta ng pedia--may every 8 hours, may 2x a day lang, depende sa gamot. It is best na i-schedule mo yung pagbigay ng gamot based on her waking/sleeping hours. Kung tulog pa rin and it's time to take the medicine, ako I usually just let my child sleep. Kung antibiotics at hindi pwedeng ma-miss ang pagbigay, I give it 1 hour before or after the scheduled time kung matu/tulog sya.

Elevate her head rin para mas makahinga nang maayos. Every time na uubuhin sya painumin mo ng tubig. Sterimar nose spray also helps (we don't have a nebulizer).