Sent home sick

Devon_Hils

12 December 2012 22:16

Many will be aware that we have long been worried about our daughter's weight.

Monday we went to see CAMHS Dr who said that although Rebecca had grown 2 and a half cm and had put on some weight since September her relative low weight to height had stayed the same, being 75%.

So then yesterday we got a call from school asking that we pick her up as she was unwell.

Took her to see GP and he could pick up any reason for her to be feeling like she did.

She'd had two funny episodes, sore throat and getting dizy, red in the face and feeling panicky.

SHe was still complaining about felling a bit dizzy at times and a bit shaky.

She's been fussing lately about ink poisoning, yesterday she was using paints in school both times the episodes happened. She did say about having paint on her fingers.

Today she has been fretting about blood poisoning, could you get it from swallowing your own blood? was one Q she asked.

I am going to ring the CAMHS Dr tomorrow, see what she says, as we kept Rebecca home today and she has been very quiet - for her.

She has eaten very little today and is due to see the dietitian on 28th Dec.

I am wondering if this has been down to her having had a panic attack and the after effects?

Or if it's her body asking to rest as it needs more energy to grow as it needs to and her stomach doesn't seem to want the food. She has said that when she has eaten today she has had tummy ache.

HAs anyone been through similar?

I'm not really mad ... Honest!!

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titch 12 December 2012 23:37	hi - whilst it's impossible to be absolutely sure what made your daughter unwell, certain symptons are reminiscent of a panic attack, except for the sore throat of course. As you say, she may have been worrying about the ink + that maybe set things off (just a thought - obviously not a Dr). Are CAMHS helping your daughter with her worries? Also is she settled in school? Sorry, but I'm not up-to-date about your daughter. I hope things improve soon. bw
Devon_Hils 13 December 2012 08:53	I am not getting any real help, apart from to monitor her weight and to be asked what I am most worried about at present every few months. SHe is mostly settled in school, but there has been some upheaval with the relocation of the Resource Base to another part of the school. This morning she asked me if seh was going to die ... not for the first time. I have sent her to school, and we'll see what happens today. I have sent another extensive email to school voicing my concerns and to let them know that I had taken her to see the GP. As far as the sore throat goes, I am wondering if she translated the tightness and heat in the throat when hyperventilating (which I know you can do without realising) as having a sore throat. I'm not really mad ... Honest!!
kiwixena 19 December 2012 14:28	first of all a big pat on the back to you for taking your daughters issues so seriously, its traumatic for us all dealing with the difficult things in our day to day lives when we have children who need us so much more. I just wanted to suggest that perhaps if she is worried about things such as ink and dye/paints that she should wear gloves to give her a perception of things not being able to get onto/into her skin. I had the same problem with my son and we had to experiment with different types of gloves (he settled for the medical type doctors wear) and got over that particular fear. Stick with school, go and meet with the Senco and discuss the individual things, involve your daughter if you feel it is appropriate for her to see you are concerned about things going on at school and that you want to work them out for her. Im sure you tell her that you do care about what happens and school and you want things to be good for her there and if she is not happy then that concerns you and you want to make things better. Does she get enough praise at school? a tip we now have is a book called "book of good things" that the teacher writes a couple of good things my son has done that day, I get this out of his school bag as soon as he comes home and I praise him that he did these things really well. Keep the communication up with school - email them, phone them, meet with them regularly, you will get to the bottom of it so she can be happy at school.
Devon_Hils 19 December 2012 21:35	Thanks. I have taken to emailing school everyday this week, to make them aware of our conversations around how unhappy she is with school at present. They are being very good, but you probably know what it's like to be around a child that sees nothing being done because the wheels tend to turn so slowly. They are concerned about her, they have been giving her the chance to win Golden Time, this afternon she fell asleep during lunch time after attending a small party right before lunch. She slept right through lunch. Then had a big fall out with another child in the unit. But she came home pretty happy with the day, has said nothing about falling asleep or falling out with the other child. She is only drinking around 300ml average a day too. I will certainly keep the glove idea in mind, if this problem persists. I did manage to find her pen end and cleaned it and boiled it, for her to put back on her pen. The CAMHS Dr said she wants to know if her thoughts stay on this morose level or if she stops drinking / eating. Not sure what the answer there will be though. Now she is off to bed, not wanting to go to bed, not wanting t go to sleep ... She told me the other day that she does not like it when she goes to sleep as it feels funny. Off to see a dietician next Friday (28th). I'm not really mad ... Honest!!