My baby girl has tonsilitis really bad :(

[Shanti]

My 18mo little girl has had really high fevers since Monday night but they kept going down then coming back again.... she's been off her food since Tues morning too hardly eating anything at all and only really drinking cows milk or having breastfeeds.
We've offered her juice too sometimes (which we don't normally do) and she has been taking some of that too..... thankfully she isn't dehydrated and has enough wet nappies. I was worried I'd have to get her into hospital again (she was 6mths ago for a virus she had) and get her put on IV fluids again which is awful because of the canula part.....

Took her off to GP this morning who got us in straight away when i mentioned 'fever' for 2.5 days and it turns out she has Tonsilitis quite bad..... I feel awful that I didn't know and was trying to get her to eat something. Any wonder she didn't want to!

I want my happy, bubbly, energetic, talkative toddler back! she's fast asleep. Have some custard and tinned fruit I'll offer her when she wakes, that should be ok for her to eat as it's soft. Tonsilitis is just AWFUL I had it a few weeks ago and I was miserable so can only imagine how bad she feels.

[OceanPrincess]

Oh Shanti, your poor little DD... Its so hard when they are sick, isn't it?

DD has had a bad cough for week or two now... she coughs, then cries, says "Oww, mama!" and it breaks my heart because I can't help her.

You're onto it now... she will get better... be strong!

[minimatron]

Big hugs for you and your dd. Nothing worse than tonsillitis. DD2 had it a little while back. She would fall asleep in my arms, didnt eat much at all. Thankfully the ab's help clear it up quickly.

[Shanti]

Thanks girls. Yep she's on antibiotics, which I really don't like such young kids being on but I feel I don't have a choice as she's pretty crook .... she keeps falling asleep on me too, only good thing about it is I am getting lots of cuddles!!

[Shanti]

GP said her throat is pretty swollen, because of that I'm worried she's going to stop breathing or something! does that happen with it? Never heard of that happening?

[OceanPrincess]

Shanti I don't think so... I had tonsilitis really really badly a while ago, I was on daily penicillin jabs in the bum to try and control it, it was so swollen and sore that I had to dose myself with anaesthetic jelly just to try and eat/drink... but breathing wasn't an issue.

[Heaven]

Aww... poor little thing, glad she's starting to feel better.