i stumbled across some pretty important information regarding the health of your children last week. in my experience as a mother, i've found that there are so many things, important items of information, that seem to go undisclosed.
in an earlier post i talked about not knowing so many things that have the potential to cause serious conditions in your children... things that no one talks about. for example, i never knew to count poops in the first few days after my son was born. you are supposed to count poops to insure they are getting enough food... this is extremely important if you are breast feeding because otherwise it's impossible to tell how much milk they are getting. well... i didn't know that and my son, who was born perfectly healthy, developed jaundice because he wasn't getting enough milk. it was caught in the hospital the day we were supposed to leave and we were sent home with a billieblanket. nothing serious happened and he was perfectly fine.
still... this was a major concern for me because he was at a stage 11... and brain damage occurs at stage 14.
i had read all the books, watched TLC for months... done everything i knew to prepare... and within the first few days... failed.
as a result, i'm quick to take zach to the doctor and always ask dozens of questions.
recently my three year old niece was running a low grade fever. my sister is mom to three little girls... and has much experience in how to handle a sick child. as any good mother would, she stayed up with her, bringing her water as she requested it throughout the night.
the next morning my niece had a seizure.... a four minute seizure. the paramedics rushed her to the hospital where she had another seizure. dozens of tests were run, including a cat scan and spinal tap.
it turns out it was a lack of sodium. all the water drinking flushed the sodium from her system, causing the seizures.
evidently now they're saying 8 glasses of water is not so important anymore... drink water if you think you need it... but be sure to get your electrolytes....gatorade/powerade.
really?
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Oh, Carrie, I am so sorry to hear about that. I hope she is doing okay. Please tell Christie I am thinking about her and her daughter.
okay, i will. she's doing great now. :)
this is not what i needed to hear right now after grace's neurologist telling her the best way to avoid headache is to drink water non-stop. i hope the multi-vitamin has enough sodium in it to counteract.
*sigh*
it's always something.
i was thinking the exact same thing when you were telling me that....
is 2008 for crapping out loud... when will they get it right!???
Not to worry Steph, this applies when your body is losing fluids rapidly through vomiting and diarrhea. You can't flush out sodium by just drinking water when you are not losing fluids. Well, you can, but not extreme levels. It takes a combination of things. Drinking tons of water instead of other drinks is good for you, when you are not ill with a stomach bug.
maybe you could even it out by drinking one gatorade-type-drink per day... and water the rest of the day.
i don't know. ?
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