Katie was still tossing her cookies yesterday before we left for my lymphedema treatment. I gave her a Phenergan suppository at 7:30am and by 12:30pm, she was tossing cookies again and couldn't keep anything down. I called Tom and was ready to take her to the ER. A couple of months ago, we took her to the ER because she was throwing up every 10 minutes and the doctor gave her a dissolvable tablet that took care of it immediately. With this latest round, I couldn't remember the name of that drug and ended up with Phenergan again. Phenergan works well but it is very oversedating and you have to be careful with small kids because it can cause respiratory distress. I didn't want to give Katie another Phenergan until it had been at least 12 hours from the first dose and even then, she was so oversedated. It was pitiful.
Well my wonderful husband looked on the internet and found the name of that dissolvable tablet that she as given in the ER last time and it was Zofran. Brittanie's back was hurting her yesterday so she was going to the doctor yesterday afternoon. Her doctor was booked so she was going to see Katie's. So I wrote him a note asking for Zofran...enough to keep on hand. He had never heard of using Zofran in little kids. (It is mainly given by ER doctors.) But he looked up her dose and gave me a script for it anyway. Within 15 minutes of giving Katie just 1/2 of a 4mg dissolvable tablet, the nausea was gone and she was perking up and asking for food. She was so sweet. She wanted Ritz crackers but we didn't have any in the house and she told Tom she didn't want to make him go to the store for her. Tom told her he would gladly go because she hasn't eaten anything since Saturday....and what she did eat Saturday didn't stay down. Once he had his shoes on and was ready to go, she started naming off other stuff she wanted to eat. One of the things was something that Brittanie ate and it came in blueberry and other things, you ate it with a spoon, and it was the same color as Tom's Red Hat Linux cap (khaki). I finally figured out she was talking about flavored oatmeal. Until I figured it out, Tom, Brittanie, and I were all playing 20 questions to figure out what she was talking about. It was cute.
She ate a cracker and then went back to bed....still reeling from the Phenergan. Well I got up at 5am this morning to start typing because I haven't been able to work much since I got sick last week and she is up and talking and making herself a drink and just about back to normal. That Zofran works GREAT!!! I highly recommend it over Phenergan. I didn't know that Phenergan is no longer recommended for kids under 2 because of the respiratory distress problem. Phenergan just scares me in little kids because of that. The only drawback to Zofran is the cost. It is only doable if you have a good prescription plan. We got 15 tablets of the generic and it was $245. We have outstanding insurance so it only cost us $10. Those 15 tablets will last a good while because we only have to give her 1/2 of a 4mg tablet.
Looks like we are at the end of this horrible virus. We are praying that Tom and Brittanie don't come down with it. Brittanie has her senior prom this weekend. Of course, we would have a virus in the house and her back would pick this week to flare up. I think she is going to need a breast reduction ultimately. Her back is constantly compensating for her front. Dr. Hicks gave her a prescription for a new back support but Hawthorne's was closed by the time she realized that is where she had to get it from yesterday. So she will go get it today and hopefully she will be back to normal by Saturday. She has to get her dress altered tomorrow and the rest of her prom preliminary stuff will be done all week long....nails, hair, accessories, etc. She definitely needs her back to be ok for that.
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