…and back into hospital…

Since being discharged on Monday, Anna has continued to feel really sick.

Although her temp is fine she is clearly not right. Her fracture is still sore, as is her tummy. Her skin is itching and she constantly says she can’t get comfy. She feels nauseous from the moment she gets up right through to going to bed. We’ve tried going to nursery and tried staying at home. She feels sick wherever she is. And going out any distance in the car almost guarantees vomiting. The general feeling is that there is impacted poo in her bowels which is building up higher and higher.

She is taking anti sickness medication ondansetron and metaclopromide, laxatives lactulose and movicol alongside her usual daily cocktail of drugs, but often struggles to keep them down. I’ve been in regular contact through the week with ward 2, keeping them updated, and they’ve been happy for us to manage it at home as she was still taking enough fluids and food. However on Friday, she was sick every time she had anything to eat or drink so we headed back into sick kids.

She’s now on IV fluids, and additional, stronger laxatives and anti sickness are to be given. We are about to go down for an ultrasound. The doctors know that Anna has a high pain threshold (she lived with an undiagnosed fractured femur for 2 weeks) and also can become seriously ill very quickly. So they are being ‘extremely cautious’.

Anna is keeping herself as still as she possibly can, presumably to limit her nausea. Like many children, she instinctively knows what to do when she feels ill.

I don’t think she has smiled all week.

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