Whats the scariest sickness your baby has had?

Question

Just curious. Tell me about it. My son has been pretty healthy. When he was a week old he started vomiting real bad, took him to the ER and they found out he had pyloric stenosis and he had surgery. A few minor colds and an intestinal virus that gave him diarrhea every 30 mins.

Answer 1

I am a mother of 3. I was 17 when my oldest daughter, now 9, was placed in the hospital at 26 days old with whooping cough (pertussis). I had taken her to the ER twice in the prior week, and the local "hospital" actually told me that she was still "learning to breathe", hence the second trip to a different ER. Anyway, she would up in the Childrens Hospital. The first two nights in PICU went ok, but the third night at 2 am, the nurses called us (we were at the Ronald McDonald House) and told us that she had quit breathing. They had to give her chest compressions and she was put on a vent to breathe for her. She was in PICU for another 9 days (vent for 7) and was on regular pediatric floor for another 2 weeks and total hospitalization of 25 days. She came home with an apnea and bradycardia monitor and was kept on it until she was walking (only while sleeping after 6 months old). Since then, she has had no problems, and has grown into a very happy, beautiful girl, who, ironically, wants to be a pediatric nurse. Since I was so young when I had her, and had to experience the nightmare of my life, I DID NOT want other children, fearing that something like this would happen again. Luckily, my 3 year old daughter and 6 month old son have done well, with nothing more than typical colds and viruses....knock on wood! And for anyone that is wondering, she had not been given the pertussis vaccine because she was not old enough, but she did get all of her vaccines as soon as she was well enough. There is nothing in this world scarrier than watching you newborn coughing and turning blue in your arms, and then the "Doctors" telling you that she is learning to breathe.

Answer 2

It depends on the woman. If she had kids though, she was a serious wimp during her pregnancy and delivery. I work at a hospital in the birth center. I never saw a woman giving birth, even on video. The first time I saw it I wanted to throw up. My problem was the blood. However, she had an epideral and she was doing great. The only true pain she felt was just pressure. Also, remember that you aren't looked at the baby coming out. The doctor is.The women in her family were there and it was really beautiful being in a room filled with so much love. Yes, your skin can tear but it heals and your vagina is great at getting back to its original form in a short amount of time. Ya you can scream, but its better to hold it in because it helps you push. You can throw up, but thats if you have a full stomach and aren't pushing right. Ya you can poop, but it doesn't happen often. Pregnancy isn't bad either. I am surrounded by pregnant women every day. Some don't like it because they don't like the change in their body. Others love it because their hormones make them feel amazing and they truly cannot wait to be a mother. In short, its not that bad. It can be an amazing experience. It is definatly worth it if you want children. Your professor was probably just trying out some scare tactics.

Answer 3

I have five children and the last two are twins. They have been sick much of this season. First with that nasty stomach virus and it landed them in the hospital with IVs. The next was the beginings of pneumonia. They are recovering from that right now.

But the scariest was when I took them in for an ordinary well baby check and found out they they both had holes in their hearts. This is not the typical heart murmur either. The one twin's was larger than the others and he may need surgery to "plug the hole". The other's has closed almost all the way, thank God! Weird b/c they are identical, but it had something to do with how they grew in utero.

Answer 4

The scariest thing about having a sick baby is that most of the time doctors do not know how to diagnose. My 3 year old was sick for a week last year with high fever and they simply did not know what was wrong. They eventually said she had Kawasaki's disease, which I've never heard of. A week later, she was healthy again and has been ever since. All pediatricians seem to do is prescribe anti-biotics and ear drops whenever you bring a baby in. It is frustrating that they don't know more.

Answer 5

The scariest for me and my child has probably been when he was 5 weeks old he got The GI Virus which made him vomit and have diarrhea for 2 days, we had to take him in and get him hooked up to IV's and watch him very closely. Although Now he is 2 and has the croup which is scary to me because i sit up all night and wach him making sure he doesnt get stridor and stop breathing.

Answer 6

I would say as of now probably the stomach bug or an abscess. I have been luck for not to have anything too serious. But she has had about 5 absecesses within a 10 month period. Those things hurt her bad and this last one was the worst.

Answer 7

my son has asthma.It was really bad when he was younger we had a monitor and a nebulizer and he would have several attacks a week and even had to be placed in ICU a few times but.I thought several times we might lose him .But He was Strong and he is now 12 and has not had a attack in 5 years now(knock on wood) he plays sports and swims all the time.So it was a scary time but I can say it has made me appreciate him even more.

Answer 8

The worst I've had to deal with is an intestinal virus. I had friends, though, whose baby boy contracted a rotovirus or something at an airport and almost died while they were visiting family. SCARY

Answer 9

my 1st was so healthy,my 2nd was born with menkes. it is a copper defiency that affects brain and muscles. he died at 16 months. my 3rd has only had a sinus infection,ear infection and broncitis. none of what my girls have had has been scary compared to my sons illness.

Answer 10

One morning, my two-year-old son woke up with a swollen eye. Well, it wasn't really his eye, but it was his eye lid.

I was terrified, but he seemed to act perfectly normal and it didn't bother him at all. We took him to the doctor anyway, though.