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lilyofcourse


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chef wrote:

Anyone want two sickies? They're free to a good home. One is cranky but hyper. The other is coughy and whiny.

DS vomited again last night around 1030. He had been lethargic most of the day but was back to himself near the late afternoon/evening. I was holding him and, well, yea. Took him to the ER because I worried that he may be dehydrated. Nope. Hydration was fine. They gave him Zofran for his tummy and some Powerade. But, I guess they saw red in his throat when they looked in it because they did a throat swab for strep and it came back positive. My poor lil guy :(

This morning, DH wakes up with strep symptoms. I figure he caught it from the same source DS did so I took him to Urgent Care since our PCP is closed on Fridays. They did a throat swab. Negative. So what's wrong with DH? Bronchitis. Argh!

So, I'm the only one not sick here. Thank God I have a good immune system!

 Just a bit of advice? If this becomes a recurring thing with the little guy, keep up with how many times he has positive tests, how frequent they are and how long symptoms last once being treated.

It'll help in the future if you have to fight for something more to be done.

And if he has at least 3 bouts of strep pretty close together, make them culture it. Demand it.

Those quick tests can show a positive strep when it's is something else.

 



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lilyofcourse wrote:
chef wrote:

Anyone want two sickies? They're free to a good home. One is cranky but hyper. The other is coughy and whiny.

DS vomited again last night around 1030. He had been lethargic most of the day but was back to himself near the late afternoon/evening. I was holding him and, well, yea. Took him to the ER because I worried that he may be dehydrated. Nope. Hydration was fine. They gave him Zofran for his tummy and some Powerade. But, I guess they saw red in his throat when they looked in it because they did a throat swab for strep and it came back positive. My poor lil guy :(

This morning, DH wakes up with strep symptoms. I figure he caught it from the same source DS did so I took him to Urgent Care since our PCP is closed on Fridays. They did a throat swab. Negative. So what's wrong with DH? Bronchitis. Argh!

So, I'm the only one not sick here. Thank God I have a good immune system!

 Just a bit of advice? If this becomes a recurring thing with the little guy, keep up with how many times he has positive tests, how frequent they are and how long symptoms last once being treated.

It'll help in the future if you have to fight for something more to be done.

And if he has at least 3 bouts of strep pretty close together, make them culture it. Demand it.

Those quick tests can show a positive strep when it's is something else.

 

 Good to know!

The ER did both a quick test and a longer one. Both came back positive. Urgent Care only did a quick test on DH.



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