hi there
my 19 month old dd has just had a virus which sounds the same... vomited all over me on saturday night repeatedly, no sleep, couldn't keep water down etc etc... really high fever... she was REALLY unwell, laying around crying and just basically no energy at all.... unfortunately its just one of those things you have to keep your eye on and wait out... the main thing to do is offer sips of water, and make sure she is still having some wet nappies.... she will improve slowly...
four days later and dd is still not eating, besides the odd cracker here or there.... she has had a bottle though today, which i watered down a little with water just to rehydrate her a bit... she is in much better spirits though, which is the main thing.
the thing with a virus is you often just have to deal with it, there isn't much a doctor can do really unless things are really bad... i think if she is relatively happy then that is a pretty good indication things are okay...
Tan, sounds like a tummy bug hun. Oskar had one a few weeks ago and doc said it lasts anywhere from 48 to 72 hours. Gastrolyte and hydrolyte are both great to use if she can keep that down.
I can't believe that the chemist hadn't even heard of gastrolyte though... weird!!! They can give that to you without going to the doc too by the way. There are several different brands around but they're the main two names. If she still can't keep water down it may even warrant a trip to the ER so they can rehydrate her through a drip as that's the main thing to help her get better. Hope she gets better asap!!!
Oh and no dairy while she's still sick either, makes them vomit
Thanks for your replies ladies. DH took her to the Dr at around 5pm and basically they said there wasn't anything they could do - she didn't have a fever etc so we just had to watch her.
Overnight she had a bit of a fever - just under 38 and threw up a little again and we gave her more water.... poor thing is just so thirsty and hungry and we feel so bad taking it off her but she would drink the whole water bottle if we let her.
I might go back to our GP today because DH took her to an After hours clinic - they were good but I just don't want to risk it. Poor little poppet. She slept with us most of the night and was pretty miserable.
Her fever seems to have dropped a bit today so that's a relief too. Thanks again and will update when I can.
Tan, I hope Izzy gets better soon, and that you and your little guy don't get it! Hopefully the booby juice wil prevent that Very bizarre that the chemist hadn't heard of gastrolyte??????? Good luck with the Dr today, it's sucks when your little one is sick, poor little mites
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Tan, I hope Izzy gets better soon, and that you and your little guy don't get it! Hopefully the booby juice wil prevent that 
Very bizarre that the chemist hadn't heard of gastrolyte??????? Good luck with the Dr today, it's sucks when your little one is sick, poor little mites 
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