How am I now meant to deal with this - she is 7 yrs old

[EmmaJane]

wel now i feel sick, how am i meant to deal with the news that I have just got. My 7 year old was wetting herself a bit and didnt have any control over it. I just phoned the doctor for her results and it has been sent to the lab, as she has trces of blood in it. We wont know till mon or tues of the outcome. What does that men, she is 7 years old. Im worried she will die or be really ill

[patmac]

hiya,
dont panic, some children do this usually caused by a wee infection, it may cause her bladder reflexes to weeken, i have to children n sometimes i dont have control lol x
when she is on the toilet try to get her to hold her urine midflow and this will help strenthen the muscles.
let us know how you get on with the results xx

[mandie]

Hi

please try not to worry, it sounds like a urine infection

love mandie x

[EmmaJane]

I think i am having a breakdown, i am at home on my home and have been crying and sobbing for the lat hour or so, i cant stop. I feel like im preparing for her to die. My usband wont answer his phone, i cant calm down. i need help, i dont want to lose my baby

[EmmaJane]

i think i need sedating, i dont know what to do

[EmmaJane]

ive got all pics of funeral, getin rid of her stuff, her suffering. Nic where are you, need your kick now. This is worst than if its me.

[Vanilla Sky]

Calm down Emma , it sounds like a urine infection, very treatable and NOT life threatening at all . Hope you got your husband, stop worrying hun :flowers: Love Paige xx

[pinkpiglet]

Hey! You really need to calm yourself down!! Your panicking is doing your daughter no favours at all. It certainly sounds to me as if she has a urine infection and this certainly is NOT life threatening. It is also quite common for young children of this age to get urine /kidney infections and they are easily treatable with antibiotics.
Take a step back and look at this rationally otherwise you are not only going to freak yourself out but your daughter too x

[amandaj]

im sure its nothing to worry about it is prob a uti as others have said , i know its difficult not to panic but your daughter will sense that so be brave for her ,you will come back monday and tell us its nothing bad im sure

amandaxx

[EmmaJane]

shes at school at the moment, i'll calm down a bit before then (hopefully)

[simplysal]

You have to calm yourself down for goodness sake - as someone else mentioned, you aren't doing yourself any favours by panicking!!

I have two children aged 12 and 8 and blood in urine definately sounds water infection to me!!!

My daughter has inherited a faulty gene with her pancreas that causes hereditary pancreatitis and she has been hospitalised on several occasions, put nil by mouth for four to six days at a time, drip and several blood tests - pancreatitis is life threatening and complications could occur any time during any of these bouts - I have been told that she will have this lifelong and there isn't anything we can do to stop it from happening and I can't panic because I can't change anything about it and she has just only turned 8!!!

I know we adore our children and couldn't bear it if anything happened to them but please don't panic!!! It just doesn't change anything - easier said than done (trust me, I'm someone who was having several panic attacks when she was an inpatient in hospital) but if you have to cry or get scared, go into the toilet or something because there is no point frightening your daughter (accidentally) and for her to panic and then to be told that she has nothing more than a prescription for antibiotics won't fix!!!

Just chill a little xxx

[EmmaJane]

Hi Sal,

I guess in a way im just being selfish. I understandht you are saying and I'm sorry to hear about your daughter.

y doctor has just phoned me, as it was some receptionist I poke to earlier who was a bit fippant, so she freaked me a bit (well a lot). Doc explined that if it as serious she would be very ill, very quick and she will guarentee to me, that it is not anything serious at all. She hs been our octor for many years.

Im sorry or being silly and selfish, but if had, had an explanation properly when told it my of helped.

xx

[pollyanna]

glad that you feel a bit clamer now, the doctor is right she would be very ill very quickly is there was something terrible going on, it really does sound like a urine infection.
i an easily influenced by other peoples reaction to things, especially health things, and i would ge myself very upset, trying to interpret would someone has done, or how somone has said something, or what kind of behaviour they have with me, and its really a recipe for disaster, because we dont know these people and dont know what their normal is, we put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5, and like you i am a very visual person and see a lot in pictures, usually all the bad stuff, which i think makes it worse.
i am sure its going to be fine. let us know how it goes.

P x

[EmmaJane]

Thanks again Polly, will let you know.

Like your signature line, made me laugh x

[smudger]

EmmaJane. just wanted to say I felt panicky when I found two sebascious cysts on my daughter when she was very little (I was determined it was cancer). Despite the fact 3 doctors said it was this I still insisted on paying £150 to go see a specialist at a private hospital. I was in there for 10 minutes to confirm "yes, its sebascious cysts. Argh...why didn't I listen? We love our kids so much don't we. I panicked in private though and made light of it when my daughter was around but it was so hard to do that. I understand your initial reaction. Good luck at the docs, does sound like an infection as the others said.xx

[simplysal]

No need to apologise - the high majority (myself included) on here suffer with anxiety and I suppose part of this illness is that we panic and maybe it's easier for me to give advice to you because it's you that is in the panic mode right here and now and at the moment my daughter is well and I hope she remains well for the time being!!

I do understand why you were fearful - perhaps if the staff were more informative maybe then it would have helped you.

Please don't apologise - I wasn't having a go, it's just panicking won't change anything - I just wish I could listen to my own advice sometimes but that's why we come on here, so that others can listen and give advice and get us out of our horrible sticky situations.

I hope your daughter is okay. Take care xx

[nomorepanic]

Hi EJ

I leave you alone for a few hours and look what happens :roflmao:

Seriously though EmmaJane I think the replies say it all really.

Calm down, deep breathes and realise that she is not ill and these things do happen sometimes.

What you need to do is say to yourself "ok it could be an infection and it can be easily treated. She looks fine, has no other symptoms and is not in any pain and I need to stop thinking the worse."

Try and turn all those negatives into positives and remember that it is a lot of wasted energy and a lot of stress to jump to conclusions straight away.

Now where is my butt kick smiley :winks:

[Corinne]

If it gives you any consolation, I always have blood cells in my urine, but there's nothing wrong with me. I've had it for years. My neice has it too.

[EmmaJane]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd let you know that after a very long week or so, my daughter had her results today and there all clear. I feel sick with relief. I am so glad we have this site.

Thanks for all your replies.

Oh Nic, she had a little bit of blood today after opening up the bowels, and guess what, I told her it was fine, she probably cut herself and I am not panicking:yahoo:

You do a brilliant job with this site, and all your helpers, if ever you need any help etc, let me know I'd love to help out.

xx :yesyes:

[pinkpiglet]

Awww glad your little girl is well and your mind is finally at ease. Its very worrying when our chidren are unwell and I can see why you were a little panicked.

x:yesyes:x

[nomorepanic]

EJ

I am glad she is ok and pleased that you find it of help on here.

Thanks for the offer of help as well. I will always bear it in mind

[smudger]

Fab news. So glad to hear it!xx