Worried about DGS aged 4

Terribly worrying for you all. I hope they quickly diagnose what is wrong and he makes a speedy recovery.

Sending good wishes to you all and your little fella. I hope they sort him our really quickly.

Sorry to read things are no better. I sincerely hope you get an answer soon. Very worrying for you all.

Thinking of you and the little boy (as well as his poor mum and dad). Please keep us informed.

Thinking of you, Luckygirl. Hope you soon get some reassuring news.

I had the same idea as Elegran about filming him. It may make the doctors realise just how badly he is affected. How awful for you all to be going through this

Just read this Oh luck you must be out of your mind with worry. Do keep us posted as we are all gunning for the little chap.

I do hope they can get to the bottom of his pain quickly now he's on the ward. Poor little thing, no wonder you are all worried sick.
I shall be sending positive thoughts

They arrived at the out-of-hours and the GP there said he had already decided to send him into hospital from the history on the notes - that was before he heard the poor we chap howling in pain. He is on the ward with his Dad now and we do not know what happens next. If he needs surgery there are no paediatric surgeons out here in the sticks and he would probably need to be transferred to Birmingham. At this stage we do not even know if they are keeping him in - he has only been there about half an hour. I think they would be mad not to keep him in for observation. I cannot tell you how worried I am - it is 10 days that he has been so ill, and a week since he was last in hospital. I wish they had kept him in then. Heaven knows what he has been brewing in a week - he has not eaten at all today and he has been in dreadful pain.

Good luck. What a worry.

Luckygirl Could you film him in his bad phase and show that to the doctor? With your camera phone perhaps? If it is intermittent, they won't see unless they are there the right moment.

They have rung the ward and it seems that the automatic re-admission applies to 24 hours not a week. So they are on their own again. They have made an appointment with the out-of-hours doctor for 3 pm so it might coincide with him getting sick.

I do not understand why the hospital can't observe him during the evening, common sense really. Fingers crossed Lucky.

I too always encouraged my children to eat very little the day after a tummy bug in order not to provoke more vomiting. We tried this with my GS, but he still vomited. And in this instance it is not a typical pattern of a tummy bug, and it has gone on so long that it is impossible not to give him food as he is losing so much weight.

We are a bit on tenterhooks today as he was ill again yesterday afternoon and evening - howling in pain and 2 vomits. Bizarrely he is wild-eyed when he is howling and then drops off suddenly to sleep. I looked up abdominal epilepsy as someone suggested, but it is rarer than hens' teeth and he has no other typical symptoms.

We talked with DD and SIL last night and the plan is to ring the paediatric ward this morning - they were given the number to ring after he was in there overnight last Saturday and told he would automatically be seen without having to go through A&E if they rang within the week. We are waiting to hear how that goes. The trouble is that when the medics see him he is in his "fit" phase, like yesterday morning when he saw the GP. They really need to admit him and observe what is happening over a period of time.

My OH is a retired doctor and he is very worried about him - and if he is worried then I know there is something wrong. OH is hoping they will do an ultrasound of his abdomen to see if there is anything visible there.

Really hoping you can get to the bottom of this and that your GS makes a full recovery soon. Does your D have a walk in centre nearby, my D uses theirs at weekends sometimes when she is very worried about a child.

She made us stay in bed too. No bouncing around.

Whenever we were sick (i.e. after vomiting) my mother would not let us eat for twenty-four hours and then she would only let us have dry biscuit (e.g. Rich Tea) or well-toasted white bread (the carbon is good for unsettled stomachs, apparently). She did give us fluids, including the much reviled Bengers food drink.

This was very hard for the child, I remember. I never resorted to it with my own kids, two of whom actually have very rarely had tummy bugs. DD1 did up to the age of six or so but she was like your GS, lucky, and wanted breakfast next morning.

Hope he shows some improvement this weekend. Worrying for it to go on so long.

I had peritonitis aged four which left me infertile. The doctor just thought it was a tummy bug. That led to a blocked bowel and it was a close call. Not being alarmist but it's best to know what's really wrong.

A friend's GS was diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. Your GS has some of the same symptoms.
I hope the Dr can get to the bottom of it and that he recovers soon.

Oh dear, luckygirl, that's really worrying for you all. I know tummy bugs can leave the gut tender and inflamed so perhaps that's all it is. Hopefully the GP has got the hypothesis right and it will begin to improve soon. I would just encourage your daughter to persist again and again with the doctor until she feels confident it's either resolving itself or the Gaviscon is doing the trick. I'm sure she would do that anyway, mums usually know themselves when somethings just not right with a youngster.

One of the problems is that in the mornings he is starving, as he has an empty tummy from the vomiting. My DD is trying to feed him in moderation in the mornings, but it is hard as he is so hungry. It is hard for her too as she is worried about his weight loss.

GP's suggestion sounds possible, I've had the same thing happen with a cat in the past and it took a while to settle down. Perhaps he needs something more effective than the Gaviscon? Hope they get him sorted soon, it's such a worry when they're only little.

The GP's analysis is reassuring, poor little lad and his parents (and grannie) I do hope it all settles down.

Thanks for your suggestions and support. We can only wait and see, but if it goes on into next week I do think he needs to go back to the doctor and ask them to think again.

Sorry, perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it, but I did hear of someone who had that a few years ago.

DGD always has stomach pain and nausea when she is brewing a bout of tonsillitis.