benji (as some of you may know) has been ill for about 2 weeks now!!
started off-
fri 29th april- projectile vomming/cold sweats/not sleeping (no sleep for 40 hours- other than catnaps of 10mins then waking up as in pain)
sat 30th april- clammy, hot to touch, still no sleep, not eating any food, not wanting bottle.
sun 1st- getting hotter, more clammy, still no sleep, exhaustion and floppy. rang 111 (nhs direct) they state they want to see him, see doc- states they can't find anything wrong with him...check him over twice, nothing...temp of 37.2. Go home and he sleeps from 10.30-2 then 2-5. still not enough sleep!
I keep up with the whole, not eating a thing for about a week, the sleep gets a little better, on average sleeping from 7-2 then 2-4 then bottle...then 4-6 (if i'm lucky!)
anyway i took him to docs the other day, as he started to get small spots on his arms, hands, legs and feet and a red rash on his face
doctor checks him over, can't find anything wrong with him (i mention about his struggling to poop- BIG poops, size of a snicker bar (sorry tmi!!)) i get some powdered medicine which helps move his bowels.
No better, still not eating, and sleep still unsettled...
Yesterday he had a poo with blood in it, not actually around the edge of the poop (again sorry!) but in the poop itself...so i ring docs in a flap, they get him appointment.
Doctor concerned about his eating habits- (will write down below on av what he has!)
checks his bottom for any fissures/cuts...can't see anything, explains there could be some kind of infection in his gut
told to do a wee sample (funny, he has to have pads in his nappy- like mini sanitary towels!!)
anyway i have to take that back to docs today, get that tested (results tomorrow!) if that comes back that he has infection, then it's anti-b's.
If no bad result, then gotta wait it out until monday, if still not better, then i've got to see a paediactric (sp) doc at the hospital, as it could be something to do with his gut...
so stressed at the moment what with OH and 2 weeks of no sleep (me and the LO!)
eating habits-
4-5am wake up screaming, try to settle down with dummy/juice...NOPE! lies in bed with me, has 8-9oz bottle...
7.30am- i make 1 weetabix (which he has his medicine in!) he may eat half...usually he would eat 1and a 1/2!!
(at about 10am he is tired so he has a nap- unusual for him, he never normally slept!!)
12pm- i make some scrummy fresh dinner, pots and brocolli- pasta bake, fresh veg/fruit etc he won't touch it!! he closes his mouth in a tight pursed expression
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3pm he has a 8oz bottle, inbetween 12 and 3 i try him with yogurts, fresh juice, fruit etc...but NOPE!
<<< that face again!!
3.30 nap
5pm- i attempt his tea, still
7pm- 8oz bottle, and bed.
This is what he has been like for 2 weeks now!!!
i know benji has a chubby face, but his little body is so thin now (compared to what he used to be like!!)
Taking him to get weighed this afternoon- hope he's put some weight on, i'll be surprised if he has though!!
any advice on what else i can do??
i miss my lil bouncy tigger