As soon as the Dr opens I am going to try to call and get an appt. I'm worried she might have rotavirus based on Dr. Googles suggestions. Nothing fits completely but that seems to fit the best. No real fever or vomiting but for three last 3 days she has had really bad newborn yellow diarrhea ( I'm talking blow outs here) at 11 months. She is extra cuddly so I know she doesn't feel well. Her diet hasn't changed and the BRAT diet isn't helping.
If it is rotavirus, what was your experience?
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
We had a really bad experience with this when she was about 11 months old (almost exactly 2 years ago!).
It usually does start with vomiting for like 24 hours, but I guess you could have probably skipped that part.
The diarrhea is unmistakable. She wasn't able to keep anything down, it would immediately come out and the smell is overwhelming. It lasts about a week and is HIGHLY contagious.
kiwi / 637 posts
@Mrs Hedgehog: DD (now 11 mths) had diarrhea for about 2 weeks early last month. DH is a doc and wasn't too concerned because she was otherwise healthy but after a week we both decided it was time to see her doctor (by this time I was having symptoms too). He took one look at her and said he was sure she was fine and it was most likely viral but did stool cultures anyway. Cultures came back negative and after about 15 days it was resolved... We made sure to keep her hydrated and avoided foods that could have exasperated her symptoms.
DH has rotovirus in med school and had severe Vomiting and diarrhea for about 36 hrs, then spent two days in bed trying to recover!
Hope it's nothing - but whatever it is wash your hands (and hers) as often as you can. This crap (pardon the pun) spreads like cray cray!
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
Also, when we were in the ER for rotavirus, we learned about this stool sample test:
http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/stool-sample-invalid-in-breastfed-babies
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