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

[oyceter]

Aiiiee, ER. Um, right now I've thrown up three more times since 2:30, so that's less than before, but I'm not sure if it's because I'm drinking less. Also, two of the times have been dry heaves? Is this good or bad? I mean, at least no more liquid is coming up, but I've mostly been sucking on ice cubes...

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Throwing up less is probably good, and you don't seem to be too out of it. Have you checked your temperature at all?

(The only thing that worries me is if you do manage to get sleep and get worse during that time, but I guess I can call you if I feel too concerned. Most people seem to recover pretty well.)

[oyceter]

I haven't checked temp., but when my aunty was here, she said I didn't seem to have a fever via hand-to-head measuring. I feel a little achey and tingly at times, but not hot. Also, so far, I seem to be waking up fairly regularly every hour or so, and have another aunty lined up to take me to the doctor tomorrow afternoon and current aunty to call if I need to go to the ER suddenly. I do feel better right now, but that may be because I threw up about forty min. ago.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Okay. You seem well-supported. I send ethereal hugs that don't compress any actual organs.

[oyceter]

I hope so... though just in case, what are symptoms that scream ER?

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Well, honestly, Elise's looked like "person is loopy and can't seem to form complete sentences in LJ posts, in addition to sounding completely wretched." (Some people may also have a history of putting up with chronic pain and underestimating illnesses, which made that scarier.) The dehydration pinch test would definitely do it too.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

Oyce, do you have any kind of on-call nurse to call? They can ask specific questions and gauge how you sound, and they might be able to advise you better. The last time I got REALLY sick and couldn't keep anything down was scary but it did eventually stop.

[oyceter]

I asked the person scheduling appointments about emergency room stuff and whatnot, and she mentioned nothing specific, but just said if things kept going or got worse... Right now, I haven't thrown up for four hours! Yay! Uh, small steps....

And the nausea seems to be going away more without me throwing up, so I've been able to take in more liquid. And I even slept for two hours this time before waking up, so I am hoping the worst is over....

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

Oh good, that definitely sounds like an improvement. It's usually children that are at risk, but adults tend to sort of not tell anyone HOW SICK THEY REALLY ARE until someone else notices. You have someone coming over tomorrow, right? The pedialyte has electrolytes that should help, it will get better. Jeez.