Guest guest Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Hello everyone, Our daughter, three years old, just had her tonsills and adenoids out on Friday - I am grateful for all the tips posted here as I have looked them all up and used many - however - we can not get her to swallow her tylenol with Codeine....it smells awful and she will not swallow it down....any tips?? also - any experience with the after care and how long it takes to drink would be helpful. We are on day three now and she is barely drinking a thing - scared to swallow I think - she is interested in food but not drinking. I'm getting nervous. Thanks !! Tiffani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Tiffani, I'm not sure when you posted your email, because I know some were held up while Fran was out of town. Our daughter did not drink until about day 8. So, we literally had to bribe and force liquids via a syringe. Regarding Tylenol with Codeine - our daughter was actually having reactions to it, but our doctor suggested mixing it with chocolate syrup. He said it basically tastes like lighter fluid. The chocolate syrup is heavy enough to cut the taste - and we used a syringe and chased it with some juice syringes. Later - once we discovered that she was having a reaction (sweating, itching, and bad dreams) to the codone - we switched to the Tylenol suppositories. The bonus there is that (1) she couldn't really refuse to take it and (2) it didn't require her drinking it. Also wait until about 30 minutes after giving Tylenol before trying to get her to drink or eat anything. Then after about 2 hours, stop trying. We bribed with everything, M & M's (one for each syringe full of liquid - we used the 10 ml syringes), books, toys, markers, stickers, TV time..... But literally - either day 8 or 9 she started drinking and eating. It seemed like a miracle. Even now she sometimes calls a medicine syringe a " tonsil " . I have no idea where she got that from - but obviously we said enough about tonsils to one another - that she must have just associated that with the syringe we kept forcing on her! The good news is - she's back to taking medicine all the time without issue (though we rarely have to give her much of anything now). And she hasn't had a fever in 9 months!!!! Best of luck - feel free to email me directly if Fran is still out of town. Ginger M. Hackett, PMP, ABCP Office: (770) 828-1397 New Working Hours: Mon., Tues., and Thurs.: 8:30-5:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Tiffani, I'm not sure when you posted your email, because I know some were held up while Fran was out of town. Our daughter did not drink until about day 8. So, we literally had to bribe and force liquids via a syringe. Regarding Tylenol with Codeine - our daughter was actually having reactions to it, but our doctor suggested mixing it with chocolate syrup. He said it basically tastes like lighter fluid. The chocolate syrup is heavy enough to cut the taste - and we used a syringe and chased it with some juice syringes. Later - once we discovered that she was having a reaction (sweating, itching, and bad dreams) to the codone - we switched to the Tylenol suppositories. The bonus there is that (1) she couldn't really refuse to take it and (2) it didn't require her drinking it. Also wait until about 30 minutes after giving Tylenol before trying to get her to drink or eat anything. Then after about 2 hours, stop trying. We bribed with everything, M & M's (one for each syringe full of liquid - we used the 10 ml syringes), books, toys, markers, stickers, TV time..... But literally - either day 8 or 9 she started drinking and eating. It seemed like a miracle. Even now she sometimes calls a medicine syringe a " tonsil " . I have no idea where she got that from - but obviously we said enough about tonsils to one another - that she must have just associated that with the syringe we kept forcing on her! The good news is - she's back to taking medicine all the time without issue (though we rarely have to give her much of anything now). And she hasn't had a fever in 9 months!!!! Best of luck - feel free to email me directly if Fran is still out of town. Ginger M. Hackett, PMP, ABCP Office: (770) 828-1397 New Working Hours: Mon., Tues., and Thurs.: 8:30-5:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Tiffani, I'm not sure when you posted your email, because I know some were held up while Fran was out of town. Our daughter did not drink until about day 8. So, we literally had to bribe and force liquids via a syringe. Regarding Tylenol with Codeine - our daughter was actually having reactions to it, but our doctor suggested mixing it with chocolate syrup. He said it basically tastes like lighter fluid. The chocolate syrup is heavy enough to cut the taste - and we used a syringe and chased it with some juice syringes. Later - once we discovered that she was having a reaction (sweating, itching, and bad dreams) to the codone - we switched to the Tylenol suppositories. The bonus there is that (1) she couldn't really refuse to take it and (2) it didn't require her drinking it. Also wait until about 30 minutes after giving Tylenol before trying to get her to drink or eat anything. Then after about 2 hours, stop trying. We bribed with everything, M & M's (one for each syringe full of liquid - we used the 10 ml syringes), books, toys, markers, stickers, TV time..... But literally - either day 8 or 9 she started drinking and eating. It seemed like a miracle. Even now she sometimes calls a medicine syringe a " tonsil " . I have no idea where she got that from - but obviously we said enough about tonsils to one another - that she must have just associated that with the syringe we kept forcing on her! The good news is - she's back to taking medicine all the time without issue (though we rarely have to give her much of anything now). And she hasn't had a fever in 9 months!!!! Best of luck - feel free to email me directly if Fran is still out of town. Ginger M. Hackett, PMP, ABCP Office: (770) 828-1397 New Working Hours: Mon., Tues., and Thurs.: 8:30-5:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Oh - one other thought, I saw that she'll eat some things. All sorts of things count as liquids - Jell-O, milkshakes, applesauce, popsicles, ice-cream, pudding (that one worked for us a little). But le literally didn't eat or drink anything except what we bribed and forced for the first week. They suggested her minimum was 12 ounces a day of fluid. We counted right up to that amount of syringes. If I recall correctly 3 5ml syringes is an ounce. We'd also use a baby bottle and fill it with pedialyte to measure how much she actually drank in a day (my son was still on bottles, so it made that an easy thing to use). Never has 12 ounces seemed like so much. Our thoughts are with you. Ginger Daughter - le, 3 years old (fevering since 7 months, diagnosed at 15 months, T & A on 12/11/07, Fever-free since 11/16/07) Son - Jay, 15 months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Oh - one other thought, I saw that she'll eat some things. All sorts of things count as liquids - Jell-O, milkshakes, applesauce, popsicles, ice-cream, pudding (that one worked for us a little). But le literally didn't eat or drink anything except what we bribed and forced for the first week. They suggested her minimum was 12 ounces a day of fluid. We counted right up to that amount of syringes. If I recall correctly 3 5ml syringes is an ounce. We'd also use a baby bottle and fill it with pedialyte to measure how much she actually drank in a day (my son was still on bottles, so it made that an easy thing to use). Never has 12 ounces seemed like so much. Our thoughts are with you. Ginger Daughter - le, 3 years old (fevering since 7 months, diagnosed at 15 months, T & A on 12/11/07, Fever-free since 11/16/07) Son - Jay, 15 months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Oh - one other thought, I saw that she'll eat some things. All sorts of things count as liquids - Jell-O, milkshakes, applesauce, popsicles, ice-cream, pudding (that one worked for us a little). But le literally didn't eat or drink anything except what we bribed and forced for the first week. They suggested her minimum was 12 ounces a day of fluid. We counted right up to that amount of syringes. If I recall correctly 3 5ml syringes is an ounce. We'd also use a baby bottle and fill it with pedialyte to measure how much she actually drank in a day (my son was still on bottles, so it made that an easy thing to use). Never has 12 ounces seemed like so much. Our thoughts are with you. Ginger Daughter - le, 3 years old (fevering since 7 months, diagnosed at 15 months, T & A on 12/11/07, Fever-free since 11/16/07) Son - Jay, 15 months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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