Baby C has been purging for the past 1 week, since Friday last week. I really don’t know what is causing the diarrhea as she has not been eating anything new or unusual. She is still breastfed exclusively and my diet has not been altered either… I didn’t eat anything unusual either. The diarrhea could be due to the bacteria in her urine…. that’s what our pediatric nephrologist said and I think it’s quite true as each time she has purging, her pee would smell foul too.
I brought her to see our usual paed and he advised us not to prescribe any medication to stop the purging. It’s best to purge out all the toxins in the body. My pediatric nephrologist recommended Smectar (a stool thickener) but my paed wasn’t too keen to recommend it as it may cause high fever. He gave Baby C a few sachets of Pedialyte and said that I have to feed them to Baby C to prevent dehydration. The orange flavored oral rehydration salt that the MO prescribed earlier, well, Baby C hated the taste and puked. Pedialyte is well tolerated by her as it is flavorless, except for a tinge of salty taste.
I was also advised to wash Baby C’s sore diaper area with saline and apply zinc dioxide cream on it. Her labia looked like someone had applied red lipstick on them when she had diarrhea for 3 days. She screamed each time I washed the area after she had pooed. Poor baby, she has really been going through a lot of pain and torture lately. I pray that by God’s grace she will be able to get out of her nightmare and will be able to outgrow her kidney reflux soonest possible.
sigh….so sad to read about baby C going through all these sufferings. speedy recover to her. big hug and kisses to baby C.
Just wondering if the doc/hosp make u guys pay for all these meds for Baby C. Pedialyte can actually be made at home..essentially water with a bit of sugar/glucose and salt. Zinc cream is Zincofax which can be bought in a tube at any pharmacy.
Try giving kids with diarrhea applesauce…apples contain pectin which “gels” the poo. When kids are sick, the B_R_A_T diet is the best, ie Bananas, Rice, Apples, Toast. Another ‘treat” my kids used to get when they were nauseated or unable to keep fluids down was gingerale/ 7-Up. Let the fizz settle a bit, dilute with water, and they love it! It contains enough sugar and sodium to help balance their electrolytes. Also helps to settle the tummy(also works on adults). Hope this helps. Hope Cassandra feels better.