3 week old has the stomach virus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really hope your baby is doing ok and that you are at the ER or home after being seen. A fever in a baby under 8 weeks is extremely dangerous. Anything over 101 will likely be a spinal tap and a 48 hour hospital stay to make sure it isn't in the brain. Good luck OP.

New poster - 100.4 is the threshold for spinal taps in infants under 6 weeks old
-ER doc who is concerned about this baby.

[Anonymous]

I am a pp who had an extremely sick 3 week old. She was, and is, exclusively breast fed and her contact with others was extremely limited, as it was for my first child. I had the cold (viral infection) that she did and it did not prevent her from becoming extremely ill. In the hospital - we ended up in the PICU - the doctors encouraged me to keep breast feeding, but by no means does it confer antibodies sufficient to prevent your baby from becoming seriously ill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really hope your baby is doing ok and that you are at the ER or home after being seen. A fever in a baby under 8 weeks is extremely dangerous. Anything over 101 will likely be a spinal tap and a 48 hour hospital stay to make sure it isn't in the brain. Good luck OP.

New poster - 100.4 is the threshold for spinal taps in infants under 6 weeks old
-ER doc who is concerned about this baby.

Thanks for clarifying my post. I am also really worried about this baby.

[Anonymous]

She's at the hospital with her baby now right?????!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I hope the baby is doing ok. Op, please report back.

[Anonymous]

Saying a prayer for this precious little one.

[Anonymous]

We called our family health specialist and he suggested we go in as a precaution.

He read at 100.6 when we arrived, and it hasn't spiked above 100.8. They did want to do a spinal tap but we refused, they were reluctant but said as long as it didn't start spiking they would just keep him observation. He is nursing a bit, but vomits. He was dehydrated so they had to put in an IV to get fluids in him. It was horrible, they had to put it in his head and the idiot nurse didn't seem to be able to do it properly so they had to call in someone else. Not a happy mom. However, once he started getting fluids he perked up and nursed a lot more. Fever about the same, and no more vomiting within the last 4 hours. He is having several very loose BMs and they want to keep him till Monday just to make sure. We will see how he is doing tomorrow and make plans from there.

We didn't know the visiting family had the stomach virus. They had been sick the night before and the youngest vomited at our house a few times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pleas tell me you're at the ER. Infections can spread into the brain rapidly in infants- their blood brain barriers are not well developed.

She is nursing now, and her fever isn't rising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We called our family health specialist and he suggested we go in as a precaution.

He read at 100.6 when we arrived, and it hasn't spiked above 100.8. They did want to do a spinal tap but we refused, they were reluctant but said as long as it didn't start spiking they would just keep him observation. He is nursing a bit, but vomits. He was dehydrated so they had to put in an IV to get fluids in him. It was horrible, they had to put it in his head and the idiot nurse didn't seem to be able to do it properly so they had to call in someone else. Not a happy mom. However, once he started getting fluids he perked up and nursed a lot more. Fever about the same, and no more vomiting within the last 4 hours. He is having several very loose BMs and they want to keep him till Monday just to make sure. We will see how he is doing tomorrow and make plans from there.

We didn't know the visiting family had the stomach virus. They had been sick the night before and the youngest vomited at our house a few times.

Your family should have told you that they were sick the night before and shouldn't have come over to a house with a newborn. How irresponsible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We called our family health specialist and he suggested we go in as a precaution.

He read at 100.6 when we arrived, and it hasn't spiked above 100.8. They did want to do a spinal tap but we refused, they were reluctant but said as long as it didn't start spiking they would just keep him observation. He is nursing a bit, but vomits. He was dehydrated so they had to put in an IV to get fluids in him. It was horrible, they had to put it in his head and the idiot nurse didn't seem to be able to do it properly so they had to call in someone else. Not a happy mom. However, once he started getting fluids he perked up and nursed a lot more. Fever about the same, and no more vomiting within the last 4 hours. He is having several very loose BMs and they want to keep him till Monday just to make sure. We will see how he is doing tomorrow and make plans from there.

We didn't know the visiting family had the stomach virus. They had been sick the night before and the youngest vomited at our house a few times.

Yes. The idiot nurse. Who had trouble because your three week old was dehydrated. Since you already refused standard medical protocols. But clearly it was her fault.

And if the worst happens I am quite sure the drs and hospital will be to blame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We called our family health specialist and he suggested we go in as a precaution.

He read at 100.6 when we arrived, and it hasn't spiked above 100.8. They did want to do a spinal tap but we refused, they were reluctant but said as long as it didn't start spiking they would just keep him observation. He is nursing a bit, but vomits. He was dehydrated so they had to put in an IV to get fluids in him. It was horrible, they had to put it in his head and the idiot nurse didn't seem to be able to do it properly so they had to call in someone else. Not a happy mom. However, once he started getting fluids he perked up and nursed a lot more. Fever about the same, and no more vomiting within the last 4 hours. He is having several very loose BMs and they want to keep him till Monday just to make sure. We will see how he is doing tomorrow and make plans from there.

We didn't know the visiting family had the stomach virus. They had been sick the night before and the youngest vomited at our house a few times.

I do not understand how parents can be so lacking in concern to have something like this done, esp at the suggestion of the drs who were reluctant when you said no. I would want to do all I could for my baby, even if it involves something that might be painful. Better to be safe than sorry.

And yes, they will put an iv in the forehead That is how they did it for my daughter when she was in the hospital. They tried her veins in the arms and just couldnt get one because she was dehydrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We called our family health specialist and he suggested we go in as a precaution.

He read at 100.6 when we arrived, and it hasn't spiked above 100.8. They did want to do a spinal tap but we refused, they were reluctant but said as long as it didn't start spiking they would just keep him observation. He is nursing a bit, but vomits. He was dehydrated so they had to put in an IV to get fluids in him. It was horrible, they had to put it in his head and the idiot nurse didn't seem to be able to do it properly so they had to call in someone else. Not a happy mom. However, once he started getting fluids he perked up and nursed a lot more. Fever about the same, and no more vomiting within the last 4 hours. He is having several very loose BMs and they want to keep him till Monday just to make sure. We will see how he is doing tomorrow and make plans from there.

We didn't know the visiting family had the stomach virus. They had been sick the night before and the youngest vomited at our house a few times.

Yes. The idiot nurse. Who had trouble because your three week old was dehydrated. Since you already refused standard medical protocols. But clearly it was her fault.

And if the worst happens I am quite sure the drs and hospital will be to blame.

+1. OP sounds like the kind who always knows better than the doctors.

[Anonymous]

Are there two sick babies in this thread? The OP said DS but someone later on said 'she' was still nursing?
And yeah, the 'idiot nurse' comment was just unnecessary. I'm gonna chalk it up to the OP being worried and stressed.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this exact thing happens to us. Looking back I just don't get how I agreed to have any family over when DS was only 4 weeks old. We
Were first town parents and pretty clueless I guess. In my culture parents don't let anyone see a baby for 40 days. I don't think it's a superstition thing, it's a smart precaution. Anyway, we ended up in the ER - didn't even call the ped. DS was lethargic. They did the spinal tap and IV in the forehead. We stayed overnight. The relatives were not visibly sick when they visited but obviously being exposed to so many people has resulted in an infection. It was so scary to see him lethargic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this exact thing happens to us. Looking back I just don't get how I agreed to have any family over when DS was only 4 weeks old. We
Were first town parents and pretty clueless I guess. In my culture parents don't let anyone see a baby for 40 days. I don't think it's a superstition thing, it's a smart precaution. Anyway, we ended up in the ER - didn't even call the ped. DS was lethargic. They did the spinal tap and IV in the forehead. We stayed overnight. The relatives were not visibly sick when they visited but obviously being exposed to so many people has resulted in an infection. It was so scary to see him lethargic.

^happened
^first time parents
^resulted