Diarrhoea

The Daughter is down with diarrhoea. Very bad one. I had to change her nappy by the hour, sometimes twice in an hour.

Each time she has diarrhoea, I worry if it is rotavirus. But thank goodness she is not running a fever because I think the other symptom of rotavirus is fever. I wonder why she is suffering from diarrhoea, though. Was it the food she ate? Hygiene? Or what? How would we ever know what the cause of diarrhoea is?

I’m glad that The Daughter is eating well and drinking lots of fluid because one of the dangers of diarrhoea, it seems, is dehydration.

According to tp://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rotavirus.html , “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that the rotavirus vaccine be included in the lineup of routine immunizations given to all infants. ” I can’t remember whether I have. I can’t even remember what she has been immunized against. The worst is, I even lost her health booklet which states when she went for check-ups and when she took what vaccination. What a bummer I am!   -martini