my 4 year old daughter just out of hospital with mennicocal septicimia ,she came home from school fine started with temperature complained the light hurt her eyes i checked her all over couldnt see any rash gave her some calpol put her to bed she was sick in the night by yhr next morning she was okay just had temp so she slept by dinnertime she had big red mark and was deteriating took her staight to childrens by timr got there she had more spots creeping up her face they isolated her gave her antibiotics straight away and im please to say she okay she has to go to hospital evreyday now for antibiotis all my family been treated plarse trust your gut instict take them to hospital if i had left it ,it could have been alot lot worst.

sorry to hear about your daughter i know how dangerous this illness can be.i've been vacinated.

I hope your daughter gets well soon.. Its every parents worst nightmare I will certainly be keeping a close eye open for signs of illness

My son had the same strain of meningitis as your daughter when he was just under two years old. He had it for 3 days before it was diagnosed. On the sunday, he had a very high temp, and was hallucinating, called emergency doctor, who said he had sunstroke, give him calpol and take him to your own doctor tomorrow (monday). Took him to doctor, he then had the rash. Doctor said it was chicken pox, and prescribed calomile lotion!. He fell to sleep monday and when we tried to wake him on tuesday he was in a coma. It was only when he was admitted to hospital, and had a lumbar puncture, they realised he had meningitis. It was almost unheard of though 13 years ago and hard to detect. Thankfully now there is more info and like you said trust your instinct, and call a doctor straight away. I wouldn't have any hesitation now.
He is now nearly 15 years old, and luckily, it hasn't left him with any major probs.
I hope your daughter makes a full recovery, and wish you all well. It really is every parents nightmare.

It is the most frightening thing in the world to be told your child has meningitis, there's just nothing you can do, my son never even got the rash, he was just so ill I thought he dying, he caught mumps from his brother, but unlike his brother his went internally,one thing I remember the doctor saying, was that they should be able to touch their chest with their chin, and my son couldn't so it was a good indication to what was wrong. I truly hope all is now well.

Originally posted by ilaria
sorry to hear about your daughter i know how dangerous this illness can be.i've been vacinated.

Ilaria, you will have been vaccinated against the bacterial form but keep alert as there is no vaccination for viral meningitis.

My thoughts are with you and your family! Hope your daughter gets well soon!

K x

If you're a parent and your child is ill - follow Brad's advice, and trust your gut instinct. Get medical advice. Kid's ailments are notorious to diagnose, so don't think that what the doctor says may be wrong with your child is always correct. Brad did the right thing and took his child to hospital.

Hope all is well with your daughter now.

Glad to hear everything was OK Brad, you did the right thing.

About 6 months ago my daughter felt ill and had a rash which didn't go away when pressed with a glass. Took her to hospital and the two of us ended up staying in overnight for observation. It turned out the rash was eczma, but I'm glad we took the safe route (and sleeping the night on a camp bed next to my daughter in a full ward was actually quite a fun "bonding experience").

We are so lucky to have our Children's Hospital here on our doorstep. I think we've got a Loyalty Card with them now.

I've sometimes felt a little guilty or not sure if I was worrying too much, but they have always said that we did the correct thing taking a child straight to them, if only just to be sure.

I think that, as a teaching hospital, they sometimes welcome a throughput of not-so-sick 'uns for hands-on training.

... and they don't bat an eyelid when a 12 month old needs a full breakfast after I've slept there!


:clap: :clap: :clap: to them all!

All the very best, and to a prompt return to health.

love and blessings sent to you and yours Brad
hope your daughter makes afull recovery
xxxx

It's worth remembering that Meningitis isn't just something that gets kids.

An Aunt of mine died of bacterial meningitis in the mid 1980s - the hospital thought it was flu until it was too late.

Good to see people being aware of these things - good luck and good health to all involved! :thumbsup:

Joe

thankyou all for repling she is alot better now still going to the hospital evreyday they had to change the needle into the other hand yesterday glad my husband was there as when they first put it in they had to pin her down with 4 doctors she was petrified it made me cry ,they sent letters out from school on the tue but the head teacher had to ring up as he already knew about this as i had rung him first thing monday morning i just find she still very tierd all rhe time and find my self checking her ,just to make sure she okay as well as her sister/brother i just hope and pray i never have to go through this again

I am so glad your daughter is well again and has survived that awful ordeal.

When my daughter was about 2 1/2 I developed viral meningitis. At first I thought it was a migraine and just tried to sleep it off. But after 12 hours of vomiting and a temp of 104, aversion to light and a rash on my chest, my mate called the doctor who rushed me to hospital. I had a lumbar puncture and was on drips etc. I was really ill and lost 2 stones in a week (wish I could do that now!!). I was in hospital for a week then I discharged myself, was at home for 2 weeks then back in for another week. I was tired and ill for about another 18 months before I finally started to feel better.

I have never been so scared in my life and was convinced I was going to die. Since then I am really cautious with my kids and if in doubt, get them to the hospital.

I'm glad she's well again

I'm so pleased your daughter made a recovery. I just can't imagine how awful it is for the parents who have lost their children to this horrible illness.

I have had viral meningitus and it's not something I would wish on anyone. I just hope one day meningitus gets erradicated completley.

What are common meningitis symptoms?

What are common meningitis symptoms?

high temerature, vomiting, stiff neck, lethargy, discomfort of bright lights, a purple rash, headaches and sometimes fits are all signs of meningitis, but that dosn`t mean you would show all the signs.

more info here
http://www.meningitis.org/symptoms

What are common meningitis symptoms?

INtensive if in doubt please go are take the person straight to nearest hospital, better to be safe then sorry

more info here
http://www.meningitis.org/symptoms

I was going to put up a link to highlight the symptoms, but you beat me to it :)

Meningitis is something that is really close to me, having lost my cousin to the disease when she was 16. I have witnessed first hand what this disease can do to a healthy child and how easily the symptoms can be overlooked.

I would encourage everyone to look at the symptom lists online and familiarise themselves with the symptoms. It is important that the symptoms are noticed in the very early stages as Meningitis can make a child very ill/or kill very quickly.

AO

Glad your daughter is on the mend.

lol mistyraven - look at the date of the OP