Help?

[oyceter]

Okay, so, I am still down with the stomach flu. I started throwing up midnight and commenced to do so every hour, which means I've had no sleep. My back hurts because I can't find a comfy position in bed. Right now, I'm no longer horrifically nauseous, but that's probably because I just threw up again.

I was hoping that my aunty bringing over Pedialyte (like Gatorade, but apparently specifically for replenishing electrolytes and whatnot lost in kids for stomach flu) would help, but I had some an hour ago and promptly threw it all up a few minutes ago. Drinking water was doing the same as well. What am I supposed to do? Do I keep drinking miniscule quantities of Pedialyte and hope I don't throw up? Apparently three ice cubes worth of water ingested over two hours will make me nauseous but not throw up. About half a cup of Pedialyte will make me throw up. I've just had two small mouthfuls but am scared to drink more.

Do I just keep drinking and never mind the throwing up? Drink wee bits and be nauseous but not throw up? Not drink stuff? Flu has been active for about 14 hours now; how much longer is it going to run? And at what point do I see a doctor?

Thankfully (?) throwing up is the main problem, but dude, it's GROSS! I hate it! My stomach hurts from not eating and from heaving up everything! Help?

ETA: so far, have not thrown up in two and a half hours, though feel extremely nauseous. The ice cube Pedialyte and small sips seems to be working so far...

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Can you suck ice? If you are not running a high fever or hallucinating, you're probably all right. Little tiny bits of liquid are better than huge swallows. Your stomach lining is incredibly tender right now, and it doesn't need heavy hits of =anything=. So tiny tiny tiny, and COLD might help.

Can you freeze tiny bits of pedialyte?

[oyceter]

Yeah, I just froze little bits of Pedialyte, so will see how that is. And so far, the tiny sips from an hour ago are still in my stomach, though I made an appt. for tomorrow afternoon just in case.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Excellent in both cases.

Also if pedialyte or gatorade are gross (gatorade makes me nauseous) we used to use 7 up in the old days, and I believe it has what's necessary.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you got an appt. Hope things get better for you soon.

[kate_nepveu]

Good on both counts; feel better soon and don't hesitate to call/go to ER if you can't get properly hydrated--not something to mess with, seriously.