Suzibeck
Active member
Anyone have a child with migranes? My oldest, will be 11 in July, had one today. The poor girl! She came to me about 11:00 saying she was seeing spots, like after you look at a bright light and look away. In less than a hour, she was complaining of a headache, which became severe quickly. I called the doctor's office to ask what more I could do for her, I had already given her an extra strength Tylenol and put her in a dark, quiet room. They refused to give me any advice over the phone and made me bring her in. Fortunately, dh was able to come home to stay with the other two, who both have head colds.
Of course, after checking her out, they tell me they think she is having a migrane. And then the NP says, you don't have to worry that she has a brain tumor or anything. I told her I only brought her in because the nurse line refused to tell me what more to do and told me I had to bring her in. I KNEW it was a migrane!
Anyway, the only thing they told me was to let her sleep in a dark room. OK, I was already doing that! They told me to give her Motrin if she starts to see the spots again to hopefully stop the pain and vomiting. Oh yeah, she puked in the car on the way to the doctor's office. I had brought something for her to puke in so no mess anyway.
I hate in when they make me bring her in, pay them $100 and then tell me to keep doing what I'm doing! Anyone else have any suggestions if this happens again?
Of course, after checking her out, they tell me they think she is having a migrane. And then the NP says, you don't have to worry that she has a brain tumor or anything. I told her I only brought her in because the nurse line refused to tell me what more to do and told me I had to bring her in. I KNEW it was a migrane!
Anyway, the only thing they told me was to let her sleep in a dark room. OK, I was already doing that! They told me to give her Motrin if she starts to see the spots again to hopefully stop the pain and vomiting. Oh yeah, she puked in the car on the way to the doctor's office. I had brought something for her to puke in so no mess anyway.
I hate in when they make me bring her in, pay them $100 and then tell me to keep doing what I'm doing! Anyone else have any suggestions if this happens again?