by Stefanie 6 Replies latest jw friends
My 12 year old caught it on Easter sunday, She lovingly spread it to my 20 month old. My 12 year old is just barely getting over it, but the baby has had 103 temp for the last three days. She has been on antiobiotics since Friday and is taking Ibuprofin. She just isnt getting better.
What the hell does it take to get rid of this crap!
Strep is a nasty bacterial infection,antibotics are the only way to get rid of it,if the baby is not better within the next day call youre ped. the antibiotics might need to be changed. Make sure all are taking in lots of fluids,especially the baby. Pedialite is a great electrolite to replenish minerals in the baby. Strep in a very nasty bug and as you know highly contagious. Try giving thr baby cool/ warm bath to help with fever. Been through this many times. Hope you are all well soon .
Ice chips are nice to suck on for fever, as are popsicles.
Good luck! I usually only have one kid at a time with it -- we have one who catches everything, and one who gets strep only once every other year. Maybe.
Nina
I thought it said STRIP!
Good rest, antibiotics, and liquids. I had strep a lot growing up. You are tempted to get up too soon; so rest.
Blondie
aaahhh.. no fun.. it is so hard to see your children sick.. especially little ones..
I remember when my little ones would get high temps, I'd run a cool cloth on them to try to get their body temperature down..
I'm sure the antibiotics will kick in soon..
I know it just kills me to see the baby shivering. And her hands are freezing. I guess its times like this that the lie of Jws of living without ever getting sick again is what drew me in.
Stef,
When my son started kindergarten he brought home an antibiotic resistant form of strep. We all got it and didn't go to the doc. We didn't know it was strep.None of us had ever had it before. Three weeks later we got it again and this time we did go to the doctor. He gave us antibiotics. We felt better, but a week afterwards we got it again. This happened in three week cycles until the end of the school year. 32 families in town had the same infection. The last time around the Dr. gave my son augmenten. I don't' know if that is what cured it.
The thing is, we all had compromised immune systems before it happened. I believe most of it was due to horrible stress in our lives. There was a silver lining to the dark cloud. It got us irregular in meeting attendance. JWs treated us poorly and the rest is history.
Good news. After April or May: we never got strepthroat again. Find ways to reduce stress in your lives and educate yourself about boosting your immune systems. Strengthening your immune system is the best way to rid your family of strep. You do have to take antibiotics in addition to it.
Flyin'
