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Mommafirst

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Alyssa has a bad stomach bug, as it turns out, we all have it now. We wound up in the hospital on Saturday where they gave her zofran and sent us home. She seemed ok on Sunday, vomitted once on Monday and then yesterday I thought we were done with it all, but I went in to wake her in the morning to go to a follow up doctors appointment and I could not wake her up. At all! I tried for over 30 minutes and while she responded to the stimulus by rolling over, she wouldn't wake up. I picked her up and brought her downstairs. She opened her eyes and said she was hungry. I brought her a yogurt and she vomitted all over the place. I changed her clothes and cleaned her up, before I knew it she was back asleep and unable to wake up.

I put her in the car and took her to our doctors, where she slept the entire time, despite anything the doctor did to wake her. Our doctor sent us to the ER to treat her for dehydration, but all they did was take some blood (normal except for signs of dehydration) and gave her some more zofran. So when I got her home I ran pedialyte through her g-tube and she is doing much better today. But I'm so confused about why she would crash like that. She does seem to dehydrate faster than any of my other kids. Is this a CF thing?? I was so worried yesterday and now she seems to be doing fine, so how do I keep on top of this? Any experiences with this that could help me?
 
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Mommafirst

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Alyssa has a bad stomach bug, as it turns out, we all have it now. We wound up in the hospital on Saturday where they gave her zofran and sent us home. She seemed ok on Sunday, vomitted once on Monday and then yesterday I thought we were done with it all, but I went in to wake her in the morning to go to a follow up doctors appointment and I could not wake her up. At all! I tried for over 30 minutes and while she responded to the stimulus by rolling over, she wouldn't wake up. I picked her up and brought her downstairs. She opened her eyes and said she was hungry. I brought her a yogurt and she vomitted all over the place. I changed her clothes and cleaned her up, before I knew it she was back asleep and unable to wake up.

I put her in the car and took her to our doctors, where she slept the entire time, despite anything the doctor did to wake her. Our doctor sent us to the ER to treat her for dehydration, but all they did was take some blood (normal except for signs of dehydration) and gave her some more zofran. So when I got her home I ran pedialyte through her g-tube and she is doing much better today. But I'm so confused about why she would crash like that. She does seem to dehydrate faster than any of my other kids. Is this a CF thing?? I was so worried yesterday and now she seems to be doing fine, so how do I keep on top of this? Any experiences with this that could help me?
 
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Mommafirst

Guest
Alyssa has a bad stomach bug, as it turns out, we all have it now. We wound up in the hospital on Saturday where they gave her zofran and sent us home. She seemed ok on Sunday, vomitted once on Monday and then yesterday I thought we were done with it all, but I went in to wake her in the morning to go to a follow up doctors appointment and I could not wake her up. At all! I tried for over 30 minutes and while she responded to the stimulus by rolling over, she wouldn't wake up. I picked her up and brought her downstairs. She opened her eyes and said she was hungry. I brought her a yogurt and she vomitted all over the place. I changed her clothes and cleaned her up, before I knew it she was back asleep and unable to wake up.

I put her in the car and took her to our doctors, where she slept the entire time, despite anything the doctor did to wake her. Our doctor sent us to the ER to treat her for dehydration, but all they did was take some blood (normal except for signs of dehydration) and gave her some more zofran. So when I got her home I ran pedialyte through her g-tube and she is doing much better today. But I'm so confused about why she would crash like that. She does seem to dehydrate faster than any of my other kids. Is this a CF thing?? I was so worried yesterday and now she seems to be doing fine, so how do I keep on top of this? Any experiences with this that could help me?
 
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Mommafirst

Guest
Alyssa has a bad stomach bug, as it turns out, we all have it now. We wound up in the hospital on Saturday where they gave her zofran and sent us home. She seemed ok on Sunday, vomitted once on Monday and then yesterday I thought we were done with it all, but I went in to wake her in the morning to go to a follow up doctors appointment and I could not wake her up. At all! I tried for over 30 minutes and while she responded to the stimulus by rolling over, she wouldn't wake up. I picked her up and brought her downstairs. She opened her eyes and said she was hungry. I brought her a yogurt and she vomitted all over the place. I changed her clothes and cleaned her up, before I knew it she was back asleep and unable to wake up.

I put her in the car and took her to our doctors, where she slept the entire time, despite anything the doctor did to wake her. Our doctor sent us to the ER to treat her for dehydration, but all they did was take some blood (normal except for signs of dehydration) and gave her some more zofran. So when I got her home I ran pedialyte through her g-tube and she is doing much better today. But I'm so confused about why she would crash like that. She does seem to dehydrate faster than any of my other kids. Is this a CF thing?? I was so worried yesterday and now she seems to be doing fine, so how do I keep on top of this? Any experiences with this that could help me?
 
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Mommafirst

Guest
Alyssa has a bad stomach bug, as it turns out, we all have it now. We wound up in the hospital on Saturday where they gave her zofran and sent us home. She seemed ok on Sunday, vomitted once on Monday and then yesterday I thought we were done with it all, but I went in to wake her in the morning to go to a follow up doctors appointment and I could not wake her up. At all! I tried for over 30 minutes and while she responded to the stimulus by rolling over, she wouldn't wake up. I picked her up and brought her downstairs. She opened her eyes and said she was hungry. I brought her a yogurt and she vomitted all over the place. I changed her clothes and cleaned her up, before I knew it she was back asleep and unable to wake up.
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<br />I put her in the car and took her to our doctors, where she slept the entire time, despite anything the doctor did to wake her. Our doctor sent us to the ER to treat her for dehydration, but all they did was take some blood (normal except for signs of dehydration) and gave her some more zofran. So when I got her home I ran pedialyte through her g-tube and she is doing much better today. But I'm so confused about why she would crash like that. She does seem to dehydrate faster than any of my other kids. Is this a CF thing?? I was so worried yesterday and now she seems to be doing fine, so how do I keep on top of this? Any experiences with this that could help me?
 
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Ratatosk

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I assume it's because they sweat out and need so much salt, that their electrolytes can get all out of wack. Last summer with Max's bowel issues, we thought we were keeping him hydrated, but when we got him to the ER, they told us he was dehydrated and he perked up so much after IVs, I was beginning to think there was nothing wrong with him, that we were silly to have brought him in he was acting so normal. Then next day at the other hospital, the ended up having to add glucose to the IV because it was dangerously low.

I usually try to push gatorade, pedialyte, orange soda -- I know weird, but it's what he wants when he gets urpy, along with Cheetos. Go figure.

Hope she's perked up and feeling better now.
 
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Ratatosk

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Staff member
I assume it's because they sweat out and need so much salt, that their electrolytes can get all out of wack. Last summer with Max's bowel issues, we thought we were keeping him hydrated, but when we got him to the ER, they told us he was dehydrated and he perked up so much after IVs, I was beginning to think there was nothing wrong with him, that we were silly to have brought him in he was acting so normal. Then next day at the other hospital, the ended up having to add glucose to the IV because it was dangerously low.

I usually try to push gatorade, pedialyte, orange soda -- I know weird, but it's what he wants when he gets urpy, along with Cheetos. Go figure.

Hope she's perked up and feeling better now.
 
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Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
I assume it's because they sweat out and need so much salt, that their electrolytes can get all out of wack. Last summer with Max's bowel issues, we thought we were keeping him hydrated, but when we got him to the ER, they told us he was dehydrated and he perked up so much after IVs, I was beginning to think there was nothing wrong with him, that we were silly to have brought him in he was acting so normal. Then next day at the other hospital, the ended up having to add glucose to the IV because it was dangerously low.

I usually try to push gatorade, pedialyte, orange soda -- I know weird, but it's what he wants when he gets urpy, along with Cheetos. Go figure.

Hope she's perked up and feeling better now.
 
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Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
I assume it's because they sweat out and need so much salt, that their electrolytes can get all out of wack. Last summer with Max's bowel issues, we thought we were keeping him hydrated, but when we got him to the ER, they told us he was dehydrated and he perked up so much after IVs, I was beginning to think there was nothing wrong with him, that we were silly to have brought him in he was acting so normal. Then next day at the other hospital, the ended up having to add glucose to the IV because it was dangerously low.

I usually try to push gatorade, pedialyte, orange soda -- I know weird, but it's what he wants when he gets urpy, along with Cheetos. Go figure.

Hope she's perked up and feeling better now.
 
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Ratatosk

Administrator
Staff member
I assume it's because they sweat out and need so much salt, that their electrolytes can get all out of wack. Last summer with Max's bowel issues, we thought we were keeping him hydrated, but when we got him to the ER, they told us he was dehydrated and he perked up so much after IVs, I was beginning to think there was nothing wrong with him, that we were silly to have brought him in he was acting so normal. Then next day at the other hospital, the ended up having to add glucose to the IV because it was dangerously low.
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<br />I usually try to push gatorade, pedialyte, orange soda -- I know weird, but it's what he wants when he gets urpy, along with Cheetos. Go figure.
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<br />Hope she's perked up and feeling better now.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Heather,

I do think Cf kids dehydrate quicker. It must have to do with the imbalance in salt and chloride in their body. We went through the same thing a year ago. We all got a bad stomache bug, Maggie got it the worst. I was very worried about dehydration. SHe wouldn't eat anything. For a few days it was only gingerale and pretzels. I would let her have the salt at the bottom of the pretzel bag(it made her thirsty) and then give her the gingerale. We didn't have to do IV fluids but it was likely close. She had a little extra padding on her at that time so we were lucky..She lost 5 pounds from that virus...I would make her drink at night when she was sick; she was up anyway. I hope Alyssa feels better soon. I would continue to push fluids and salty snacks(if she can tolerate it). Popsicles, sherbert, gingerale, even coca-cola without the bubbles are good. Oh and since she has the G-tube, the pedialyte through it is a great idea...I like doing a little bit of fluids every hour if they are still puking/nauseas so it can stay down and be absorbed.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Heather,

I do think Cf kids dehydrate quicker. It must have to do with the imbalance in salt and chloride in their body. We went through the same thing a year ago. We all got a bad stomache bug, Maggie got it the worst. I was very worried about dehydration. SHe wouldn't eat anything. For a few days it was only gingerale and pretzels. I would let her have the salt at the bottom of the pretzel bag(it made her thirsty) and then give her the gingerale. We didn't have to do IV fluids but it was likely close. She had a little extra padding on her at that time so we were lucky..She lost 5 pounds from that virus...I would make her drink at night when she was sick; she was up anyway. I hope Alyssa feels better soon. I would continue to push fluids and salty snacks(if she can tolerate it). Popsicles, sherbert, gingerale, even coca-cola without the bubbles are good. Oh and since she has the G-tube, the pedialyte through it is a great idea...I like doing a little bit of fluids every hour if they are still puking/nauseas so it can stay down and be absorbed.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Heather,

I do think Cf kids dehydrate quicker. It must have to do with the imbalance in salt and chloride in their body. We went through the same thing a year ago. We all got a bad stomache bug, Maggie got it the worst. I was very worried about dehydration. SHe wouldn't eat anything. For a few days it was only gingerale and pretzels. I would let her have the salt at the bottom of the pretzel bag(it made her thirsty) and then give her the gingerale. We didn't have to do IV fluids but it was likely close. She had a little extra padding on her at that time so we were lucky..She lost 5 pounds from that virus...I would make her drink at night when she was sick; she was up anyway. I hope Alyssa feels better soon. I would continue to push fluids and salty snacks(if she can tolerate it). Popsicles, sherbert, gingerale, even coca-cola without the bubbles are good. Oh and since she has the G-tube, the pedialyte through it is a great idea...I like doing a little bit of fluids every hour if they are still puking/nauseas so it can stay down and be absorbed.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Heather,

I do think Cf kids dehydrate quicker. It must have to do with the imbalance in salt and chloride in their body. We went through the same thing a year ago. We all got a bad stomache bug, Maggie got it the worst. I was very worried about dehydration. SHe wouldn't eat anything. For a few days it was only gingerale and pretzels. I would let her have the salt at the bottom of the pretzel bag(it made her thirsty) and then give her the gingerale. We didn't have to do IV fluids but it was likely close. She had a little extra padding on her at that time so we were lucky..She lost 5 pounds from that virus...I would make her drink at night when she was sick; she was up anyway. I hope Alyssa feels better soon. I would continue to push fluids and salty snacks(if she can tolerate it). Popsicles, sherbert, gingerale, even coca-cola without the bubbles are good. Oh and since she has the G-tube, the pedialyte through it is a great idea...I like doing a little bit of fluids every hour if they are still puking/nauseas so it can stay down and be absorbed.
 
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Rebjane

Super Moderator
Heather,

I do think Cf kids dehydrate quicker. It must have to do with the imbalance in salt and chloride in their body. We went through the same thing a year ago. We all got a bad stomache bug, Maggie got it the worst. I was very worried about dehydration. SHe wouldn't eat anything. For a few days it was only gingerale and pretzels. I would let her have the salt at the bottom of the pretzel bag(it made her thirsty) and then give her the gingerale. We didn't have to do IV fluids but it was likely close. She had a little extra padding on her at that time so we were lucky..She lost 5 pounds from that virus...I would make her drink at night when she was sick; she was up anyway. I hope Alyssa feels better soon. I would continue to push fluids and salty snacks(if she can tolerate it). Popsicles, sherbert, gingerale, even coca-cola without the bubbles are good. Oh and since she has the G-tube, the pedialyte through it is a great idea...I like doing a little bit of fluids every hour if they are still puking/nauseas so it can stay down and be absorbed.
 
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PlumPerfect

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Oh yes it is a lot more common for cf'ers to dehydrate, we try to do a lot beverages that are water based or Gatorade, and pedialyte. I hope she feel better soon.
 
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PlumPerfect

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Oh yes it is a lot more common for cf'ers to dehydrate, we try to do a lot beverages that are water based or Gatorade, and pedialyte. I hope she feel better soon.
 
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PlumPerfect

New member
Oh yes it is a lot more common for cf'ers to dehydrate, we try to do a lot beverages that are water based or Gatorade, and pedialyte. I hope she feel better soon.
 
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PlumPerfect

New member
Oh yes it is a lot more common for cf'ers to dehydrate, we try to do a lot beverages that are water based or Gatorade, and pedialyte. I hope she feel better soon.
 
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PlumPerfect

New member
Oh yes it is a lot more common for cf'ers to dehydrate, we try to do a lot beverages that are water based or Gatorade, and pedialyte. I hope she feel better soon.
 
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