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That is a terrifying story about Ben; there's nothing worse than sick kids. Lumbar puncture? Wow - not fun.

If I had read the last few posts before I had kids, I might not have had kids.

― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

My mum took Spencer to Australia for Christmas with her when he was 18 months, and called me hysterically one night because they'd had to take him to the ER and he'd been admitted to the hospital because he wouldn't eat or drink, kept vomiting and was totally dehydrated. I was climbing the walls! I was almost on my way to the airport when my sister called (she was a nurse at the hospital at the time) and said that he'd just picked up some infection, but he'd be okay, and she'd call me if I needed to come over. In retrospect, I should have gone anyway, but sure enough, after a few days in the hospital (mum slept in the bed with him) and a scary IV in his foot, he was right as rain.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

My younger had a lumbar puncture when we took him to the ER for headache, and he told the doctor he was afraid he'd had an aneurysm. He's a terrible hypochondriac, and as it turned out, he'd gotten stoned and eaten a blot of cheap Chinese food. MSG?
But the doctors have to cover themselves if you're flinging words like aneurysm around.

I couldn't watch. My husband did. He said it was a slow drip, like a maple tree being tapped.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

is that the same as a spinal tap?

I had one of those when I was six. I just remember being in this tiny, hot room with three nurses lying on top of me to keep me still. I was terrified. When they wheeled me back to my room the doctor told my mother I was "a very uncooperative child". :(

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Same. Who are all these happy-to-get-spinal-tap kids?

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago) link

I had one when I ruptured a disc. They had to inject dye to do a myelogram. I was on lots of drugs, watched the image of my spine, found it fascinating.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 5 February 2007 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, man, I'm glad Ben's okay. That's my number 1 worst nightmare: to find out one of my kids has stopped breathing.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

My brother, an asthmatic, used to give my parents the fear all the bloody time through ending up not breathing. He's still doing it now at the age of 32! It never stops being scary.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 February 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Thanks for all the concern everyone - it feels nice, even through the internet...

― schwantz (schwantz), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, the Internet is just another means of communication, and no less valid for that. Glad to hear Ben is well. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Thank goodness Ben is OK.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 5 February 2007 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Poor Ben! Yikes! That is scary! So glad it worked out ok!

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Wow, that's terrifying. Glad to hear everyone is ok.

― liz (lizg), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 11:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm gonna go ahead and lock this one.
The new rolling ILX parenting thread, since the other one was getting unwieldy

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

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