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Ways to keep my 8 year old hydrated after going to Er for dehydration?

  • Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:24 am

Ok, long story short my daughter has been having weird stomach cramps off and on for the last month. They come and go in waves. I called her Dr who thought it was her lactose intolerance flaring up ( she had probs with it when younger) and to watch her dairy intake. Which I did. I noticed she would get constipated, her stomach would cramp up and she’d be running to the bathroom to have a massive BM. So I figured it was all bowel probs. She never went to the Dr
Over the past few days her pains started getting worse and not even having a BM would relieve her. Well, yesterday afternoon I got a call from ehr daycare that she was sick…doubled over in pain, no fever, but couldn’t move and was dry heaving ( but never actually puked). I called her Dr and made an appointment for today before I realized how bad she was.
Once I picked her up and saw how bad she was I immediately rushed her to the ER thinking it was appendicitis. Still, no fever. ER gave her meds to help the nausea and ran tests and started a saline drip.
Dr came back, said all tests were negative, except her urine was extremely concentrated and she is very dehydrated. In fact, once the IV fluids kicked in it was like she was a whole other person. Instant energy and high spirits. He discharged her after giving the IV fluids to hydrate, with instructions to keep hydrated and a prescription for Pepcid to prevent ulcers due to all the bowel probs, etc.
I immedialty took her to the store upon being discharged to get the script filled ( 1 a day for 30 days), get soup for dinner and get her some Gatorade. She was doing better this morning, so I sent ehr to daycare, but talked to the director to say what happened and have them watch her extra close.
ER said if she doesn”t get btr or shows signs of getting bad again I have to take her back for more IV. My question is…do you know any ways to keep this from happening again? ER DR thinks she has been dehydrated the past month, causing the cramps and bowel issues and it just got way worse and out of hand. he literally told me I “brought her in just in time”.Another 24 hours coulda caused severe probs such as kidney issues.
I packed her with plenty of Gatorade to keep hydrated at daycare. But she goes to the local Y and they are outside and on field trips a lot. My dghtr drinks water, but DR said she sweats most of it out..causing the dehydration. How can I keep this from happening again, or even getting worse as today the temp is expected to reach 97 and rise each day from now. By the end of the week we are supposed to be in the 100′s and it’s only June.
I was told dehydration can literally shut ur body dwn and I dnt want to see that happen to her…she was in so much pain as it was yesterday. Today her face is swollen, esp around her left cheek and eye. She feels hungry, but gets a tummy ache after only a few bites. Is this from the dehydration and body trying to adjust? Someone please help! Any advice or ideas will be helpful. Please!
and sorry this was so long, I thought that letting you know how it started a month ago may be helpful to you to help answer.

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