Sleeping it off? And antibiotic question

ReeseM

DD had what we can only say was a viral thing this week. No real symptoms other than a high fever. Like really high. She did have a mild ear infection too. (probably 2 unrelated issues). So the Pedi put her on 10 days of Omnicef, which is a pretty strong antibiotic. As soon as we started it she started having terrible diarrhea. After 5 days, her fever broke night before last.

Anyways, she is still sleeping after 12 hours straight right now. Pretty much her normal 7:30-7:30, but she hasn't gotten up at all!!! Not the usual for her. The only thing I did different was I forgot to give her the Omnicef yesterday. The diarrhea slowed immensely, and she was much happier.

She only had 4 days of the 10 day course, but I am very tempted to stop giving it to her. Is that terrible? I know it's not the right thing to do probably, but it seemed to be making her feel worse:(

daisy889

Were on the same thing right now for a mild ear infection and she definetly has been sleeping more. Im not stopping it because if you stop mid-antibiotic it wont fully go away and might come back etc etc. Were only on day 2 and i also noticed her diapers are more runny. However my DD seems fine when shes awake.

j_luvs_r

It's never a good idea to stop antibiotics mid-cycle, but if she's having problem side effects from it, then I would call the pedi.  Maybe they can prescribe something a little gentler. 

C recently was on antibiotics (amoxicillin) and he had diarrhea, but seemed fine otherwise.

Hope she feels better soon!

ReeseM

Yeah, I went on ahead and gave it to her today. I missed yesterday, but I will finish out the course. She is still cranky today before I gave it to her, so I am thinking that wasn't the issue. I think she was/is just really sick and it takes a while to get better. Poor angel

flamencogal

Ask the pedi about giving her some probiotics to help with the diarrhea.  Worked like a charm for DS1 (even as a baby) when we had to give him antibiotics for ear infections.  We got the probiotics at Target in the pharmacy (no script needed but in the frig in the pharmacy).

AliandJimmy

Don't stop giving the antibiotics.  If you're worried about the side effects I would call the Dr. and see what they say about things to do to help with the diarrhea.