We havenot not been taught how to give the shot. Whenever I have asked, our
endo said it wasn't necessary and we could get to a doctor quickly enough.
I am not as comfortable with that as I used to be. I think I should know
how.
-Debbi
-----Original Message-----
From: bsashmead@... <bsashmead@...>
To: CAHsupport@onelist.com <CAHsupport@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 4:17 PM
Subject: [CAHsupport] flu


>From: bsashmead@...
>
>Thanks for your last comments, Angie
>
>Erin had the flu when she was 15 mnths. She got it from a gril I was
tending at the time. The little girl would throw up maybe once a day so her
parents didn't thing anything was wrong. However when Erin got it, it was a
differnent story. She throw up 4 times in a hour period the first day. She
also had a fever and then she started to get lathargic. We did have to give
her the shoot and we were in touch with the Endo Dr every 24 hrs to assess
her situation and see if she need to be brought into PCMC. It was scary!!
>
>From my understanding, kids with CAH have a lower immune system. They are
more prone to "bugs". It can also affects them in more dramatic ways -
because of thier body not being able to produce it's own cortef. That is
why we give stress doses when they are sick.
>
>We had to give Erin the shot after we tried twice to get her meds down
without any luck IT was a hard thing to do, but at the same time, I'm glad
that we know how to give her a shot for emergencies. Have you learned how
to give the shot?
>
>Hope everyone starts feeling better at your house. Hope this helped.
>
>Tami
>
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