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Rant about taking care of sick kids,** UPDATED**

Texashiker

Texashiker

Lifer
Give me your opinion on this.

Family has 3 kids ranging in ages from 2 - 6 years old. The 6 year old is sick with vomiting and then diarrhea. The vomiting stops after 1 day, and then goes to diarrhea. This goes on for about 3 days.

Instead of keeping the kid home, what do the parents do? They take the family along with the sick kid to a restaurant.

The parents do not want to take the kid to the hospital because they are supposed to be going to a parade over the weekend.

The kid finally gets where he can barely walk to the bathroom, its only then the parents say "maybe we should take him to the emergency room". ER nurse tries 4 times to start an IV, finally gets an IV going, child is admitted for overnight.

While in the hospital, I do not think the doctor does a stool sample. What doctor does not get a stool sample from a child who has been vomiting for 1 day and diarrhea for around 2 days? I wonder if the parents were honest with the doctor as to how long the child had been sick?

Here we are, almost a week after first symptoms and the kid is back at the doctor "again" today.

I am a little pissed off about how the parents are taking care of this child. But at what point does something that should not be any of my business become my business?

If you were in my situation, would you call child protective services?

This is not an anti-vaccine thread or troll thread.

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The kid is much better today, no vomiting or diarrhea.
 
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I think the parent not taking the kid to the doctor when they are clearly sick, and instead taking them to a restaurant is worthy of an investigation. That's carelessness and neglect.
 
No, parents get to decide. They should obviously not be taking him to a public restaurant but sick people in public places are common.
 
Lonyo said:
What is your relationship to this story?
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I would rather not disclose that. Lets just say my wife and I are close friends to the family in question.


dabuddha said:
Do you know for a fact that the parents hadn't taken the kid to his doctor already?
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To the best of my knowledge, what I posted is true and correct.

Going to find out this evening if the child is still sick today. If he is, I will probably call CPS tomorrow.
 
How did you find out about all of this?

If what you say is true, the parents definitely sound stupid. However, I'm just curious as to how you found out about all those details. Makes you seem like a nosy person since I've read multiple threads from you talking about other people with details only a nosy/snooping person would know.

Edit: Are these the same people/neighbors/friends that you posted about a few weeks back and actually had posted months ago but forgot you had already posted about it the first time?
 
Some kids get sick all the time. Having diarrhea for a couple days isn't a reason to run to the ER. Some parents try to let the kids get over stuff before going to the doctor.
 
If your friends with the family, then talk to your friends, if they say "don't tell us how to raise our kids" then tell them to fvck off. Going to DCFS rather than talking to the family is the cowardly thing to do IMO.
 
I would definitely call if the kid is still sick.

There are so many god damn people that shouldn't have kids. This family is a perfect example.
 
I can't say I've ever known of a doctor asking for a stool sample of a kid with a couple day bout with a stomach bug.

Most of those are viral and just need to run their course.
 
American Gunner said:
Some kids get sick all the time. Having diarrhea for a couple days isn't a reason to run to the ER. Some parents try to let the kids get over stuff before going to the doctor.
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Good parents don't take their sick child out in the cold while they are having violent diarrhea.
 
BurnItDwn said:
If your friends with the family, then talk to your friends, if they say "don't tell us how to raise our kids" then tell them to fvck off. Going to DCFS rather than talking to the family is the cowardly thing to do IMO.
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Indeed. What kind of 'close friend of the family' goes behind their back to DCFS?
 
Oh...and I'm voting for Rota virus, which is part of the current rounds of vaccinations for kids. Did they have those?
 
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Texashiker said:
I would rather not disclose that. Lets just say my wife and I are close friends to the family in question.




To the best of my knowledge, what I posted is true and correct.

Going to find out this evening if the child is still sick today. If he is, I will probably call CPS tomorrow.
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Why don't you just mind your own business and let the parents make their own decisions?
 
Mr. Lennon said:
Good parents don't take their sick child out in the cold while they are having violent diarrhea.
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How does the OP know how horrible the sickness is? They probably shouldn't have taken the kids out, but to think that someone is a bad parent because they didn't rush a kid to the ER for a stomach bug is just dumb.
 
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Oh...and I'm voting for Rota virus, which is part of the current rounds of vaccinations for kids. Did they have those?
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As far as I know the kids are fully vaccinated.

The 6 years old is in kindergarten, so his shot records had to be up-to-date for him to start school
 
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So you're saying the parents took the kid to the hospital, took him there again for a follow-up, and you are speculating on what the doctor did or didn't do to infer that the parents are hiding something.

It sounds like the parents may have waited too long initially but are now making sure that the kid is getting the proper care. All I've gotten from your post is your gut feeling and a doctor who thought the kid was doing well enough to release from the hospital after fluids and overnight observation.

This one is entirely on you. You are their friend and you know the family's history: Did the parents just make a mistake or are they constantly ignoring their children?
 
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Savij said:
This one is entirely on you. You are their friend and you know the family's history: Did the parents just make a mistake or are they constantly ignoring their children?
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Over the past few years there have been some events that made me scratch my head and say "wtf?".

Such as the dad leaving boards with nails outside, kid steps on nail.

My wife and I were over at their house about a year ago. While we were there, I saw a mouse in one of the kids rooms. The mouse ran into a hole in the wall that was about the size of a baseball. I thought to myself, "really?".

I might be a little over critical, but sometimes I ask myself what the parents were thinking.
 
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How about talking to the damn parents first? Suddenly hearing from child services is a big douche move for a firstworldprobleem. It's not like the kid is being abused, starved, molested, or neglected.
 
I like how OP is ignoring any reply that mentions talking to the parents first or how it's a DB thing to call the child protection services before confronting the parents.

OP sounds like the nosy neighbor who is always peeping out his blinds.
 
Schfifty Five said:
I like how OP is ignoring any reply that mentions talking to the parents first
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I am not ignoring those statements, I am just not to replying to them.

Some parents get defensive when someone questions their parenting skills. I would rather not get into an argument with them when they feel justified in their actions.

One of the things about human nature, we rarely admit when we do something wrong. When we are confronted, we usually get defensive and make excuses for our actions
 
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