When the Kid Is Ill: Synechiae

I wonder why a new-born baby-girl`s Mom is never warned by a neonatologist that there might be cases of synechiae with girls. It happened to me twice with both my daughters. The first case wasn`t serious, the children gynecologist did some painless manipulations to Teona and she was alright. But with Sophya it was just terrible. 

In the middle of summer I took my girls to their granny. Suddenly Sophya (6 months old) felt uncomfortable and irritated which puzzled me since she had used to be an active, joyful and calm baby. Watching her for a day or two I realised that to pee was a problem for her. We immediately went to a hospital to take the urine test which was a bad one, there were too many leukocytes. The next morning we were brought to hospital again to examine what had gone wrong and to start the treatment. Fortunately, the gynecologist found the problem but that happened only after 3 antibiotics injections and much more painful blood tests. Three days later we were allowed to go home with the diagnosis Sinechiae instead of the supposed urinary tract infection. 

When the Kid Is Ill: Tonsillitis

Sore throat, fever, chills and body aches... Familiar symptoms? One always has a difficult time if he has tonsillitis.
First, some general information on the illness:
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils most commonly caused by viral or bacterial infection. Symptoms of tonsillitis include sore throat and fever. While no treatment has been found to shorten the duration of viral tonsillitis, bacterial causes are treatable with antibiotics. It usually takes around three weeks to recover.
Common symptoms of tonsillitis include:

When the Kid Is Ill: Fever. Waiting For the Doctor

What should a Mom do when waiting for a doctor if her baby has a fever?

• First of all, do not panic. If the kid`s temperature is more than 38 degrees C, you may give him some infant acetaminophen or ibuprofen to bring down your child's temperature. I usually use suppositories so that not to make harm to my kids` stomachs.

When the Kid Is Ill: Stomach Flu

We are three days back from the hospital having overcome three drop counters and many more injections. The matter was that my elder daughter was brought back home from kindergarten because of vomiting. It continued for 12 hours (about 10 times) and in the evening my daughter was feverish. The next day the temperature didn`t fall down but my sweety no longer felt nauseated. That calmed us down and we decided not to go to hospital. It was only 50 hours later (from the very beginning) that we took her to the hospital. The doctor was really furious about the fact that we came only then since Teona`s condition was serious, the doctor doubted if she should be taken to reanimation for she had been dehydrated in spite of the fact that we had made her drink mineral water very much. To cut the long story short we were in hospital with my both children for a week with the diagnosis gastroenteritis. Here is a short reference on the illness and some practical advice.