Daughter admitted to hospital :(

[RedLCRB0b]

My 9 year old daughter has been admitted to hospital this evening Yesterday our cat jumped off a fence and got her paw stuck in a hole, my daughter went to try and help her but the cat was obviously quite distressed and lashed out catching all five claws of one paw in my daughters wrist. They were quite deep cuts but we cleaned and dressed them with a bandage, however last night she started coming down with cold like symptoms and then today she had a raised temperature so we decided to take her to A & E.

She has now been admitted for 48hrs and has an IV drip feeding her antibiotics as the infection was starting to track up her arm ! There is another girl on the same ward as her who had a similar thing and has been in since Wednesday, she had an operation today to try and clear out the infection.

My wife is staying with her tonight and we are both hoping that the antibiotics do the trick.

She has been incredibly brave throughout it all, she really doesn't like injections and has had several today as well as having some blood drawn. Her main concern was that our cat was OK !

Fingers crossed she will be back home soon.

[randlemarcus]

Fingers crossed chap.

Children in hospital is one of those things that shouldn't be.

[odyssey2200]

Sorry to hear that, mate!

Hope she is OK.

[working class]

All the best for her, keep us updated.

[H_Kan]

Sorry to hear that OP, seems like a bit of a bad time for PH'ers.

Thoughts are with you and I'm sure she'll be just fine. Kids are a hell of a lot stronger then we'd believe!

[Scotfox]

Kids are tough little buggers. Wishing all of you the best.

[71notout]

I hope your wee girl gets better soon mate.

[RedLCRB0b]

Thanks chaps, I will show her this thread when she gets home She has been to a couple of PistonHeads events with me this year and took loads of pictures at the Goodwood Super Car Sunday service, just like my older daughter she had learned to appreciate nice cars

[captainzep]

Horrible isn't it... Hope everything's back to normal asap.

She's in the best place. Its a monitoring thing really. Different infecting bacteria do different things so various functions need to be watched.

[dave-therave]

Hope she gets better mate, I know from experience kids are tougher than u think

[Jem0911]

Best of luck and thoughts from Family Jem0911

[robsco]

Hoping everything works out for your daughter, and a quick word for the wellbeing of your cat too. Keep us posted.

[cslgirl]

Wishing your daughter a very speedy recovery!!

[Kermit power]

Blimey. I've just cast a thought to our three little ones sleeping upstairs, and then cast a further thought to my wife's cats turned into slippers (declawed variety).

Good luck to your daughter.

[ali_kat]

Wishing your daughter a speedy recovery from me & the cats

[TotalControl]

Not much more to add which hasn't already been said. I hope things get better for you.

[snowy slopes]

randlemarcus said:

Fingers crossed chap.

Children in hospital is one of those things that shouldn't be.

This. I have been in hospital as a child, and it can be quite an intimidating place, so to the OP, i hope she is all better soon

[g3org3y]

Wishing your daughter all the best for a speedy recovery.

Cat to be sold to the local Chinese takeaway?

[4988cc]

All the best to your littl'un for a speedy recovery.

[Laurel Green]

Paws Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.