Re: Relapse!

February 13, 2006

i am sorry to hear that conner has gotten sick again. jacob ofen does the same

thing sick then well long enough to think it is gone but he has many problem

with the cough and stuuf nose thing nost of the year he is on something for

this. i think the battle never ends. as for wisdom with it i am not sure i have

any i just try really hard to head it off at the pass so to speek. hope he

gettts better soon

cara mom to jacob

Kearns wrote:

Hey Folks,

Connor relapsed into his chest cold and vomiting again. I'm not

sure if it's a stomach thing, or just that when he gets coughing

hard (croupy sounding) he vomits. I've seen this in other RSS

children but at the moment I'm trying to figure out what to do for

him.

He had been over his bug for about 10 days. Then he went sleding

with his father and brothers. The exertion just sent him back to

square one. Wah!!! Poor guy. He threw up last night and then this

morning. Plus a fever and a horrible cough.

So, my question is, is their a " Huh Duh " on recovery time for our

little guys. My older two had the same thing Connor did and have

not relapsed. I hate being the bad ass mommy to Connor, but when

you relapse this hard after a 10 day recovery, I think I need to

know what to tell him when he wants to do the " normal kid " thing.

Ah...normal...that elusive state of being that we on the RSS list

serve only get once a year at convention.

Up till this time we've been very sucessful at keeping Connor

healthy. Mind you we were practically quarantined...but it worked.

Now that he's in school ( germs) and riding a bus, (more germs) and

his daddy is back on the road (germs from all over the state) he's

certainly getting sicker this winter than before.

So, is there any RSS wisdom out there for recovery time on our kids?

Thanks for your input!

Mom to Graham 9 ADD; Cameron 6; Connor RSS, G-Tube, Nutropin AQ .5

February 14, 2006

,

I think at least with Alyssa it takes about 2 weeks before she can do heavy

exertion activities. After Alyssa is completely symptom free from a cold

for a week she is usually ready for regular stuff. Of course she is a girl

so regular stuff involves ballet class, preschool and playing with her toys!

She's not really that rowdy in the first place! But, I don't take her

outside for 2 weeks. The extra exertion just seems to be too much. I

imagine it can be different with boys! I'm sure their idea of active is

Alyssa's idea of crazy! (My best friend has boys! You are stronger women

than I!) :-) Sledding would send her right back into a cold for sure.

Alyssa still sometimes vomits with the croupy like cough as well. Currently

she has had a nasty cold since 3 days after Super Bowl Sunday (thank you

company for bringing your sick kids!). She has vomited upon waking during a

coughing fit the last two mornings. (there go those darn calories). She is

hardly eating and she's just been pitiful. Her 1 yr old sister got the same

thing the same day, and she is much better. It's like Alyssa stays in the

worst day 4 days instead of one and it takes twice as long to get better.

Thank goodness for her tube! At least now a cold doesn't usually send us to

the hospital and she doesn't get sick NEARLY as often now that she has good

nutrition!

I hope he feels better soon!

Dayna

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Subject: Relapse!