Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Chicken Pox?

No!  Camden was under the weather again on Sunday with a headache and tummy ache.  She slept about 18 hours from 8am Sunday - 8am Monday.  In the middle her temperature was between 99.8 - 100.9.  I didn't want to treat her fever with medicine, but it did persuade me to try to give her some medicine for the headache.  Emphasis on TRY.  Camden has never liked to take medicine.  I decided to get the syringe out and squirt it in.  I had to hold her arms down to get it in her mouth (just like when she was a tot).  Unlike when she was little, she gagged on the liquid.  She sat up gagging further and spit out the medicine while spewing up some phlegm.  Then she started gagging further, causing her to need to vomit.  She ran to the toilet, puking up more phlegm before bringing up vomit.  She vomits so hard that she bursts tiny blood vessels around her eyes.  It happens almost every time she is sick. 


She said it actually felt good to get some of it out of her tummy, but I learned my lesson for sure - don't force liquid medicine down her.  Kevin went to town later that afternoon and bought some chewable children's tablets (which were still met with some resistance, but not nearly as bad).

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