9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

Posted: Wed, Feb 06 2008, 11:01 am Post subject: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

I took her to the pediatrician last night and she started her on antibiotics, but she's really uncomfortable, and keeps going to the bathroom.

I kept her home today, she said that yesterday the teacher wouldn't let her go to the bathroom. She almost made in her class, and then the teacher finally let her go.

Poor kid, I really feel sorry for her, and I can't wait until the antibiotics start kicking in to give her some relief.

For now, I'm pushing her to drink a lot, and cranberry juice too.

It's just so hard seeing her suffer......

Silver Member Joined: Dec 06 2005 Posts: 927

some ideas that might help:
don't give her any bubble baths, don;t even let her sit in a tub after its full of soap and shampoo
remind her to wipe from front to back
give her unsweetened cranberry juice on a regular basis, this only helps to prevent a UTI, it wont help after she already has one
hope she feels better soon!

Posted: Wed, Feb 06 2008, 11:11 am Post subject: re: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

She doesn't take baths anymore, just showers.

She has a bit of a history with UTI's but this is her first one in a long while.

After her first one (she was 3.5), she was diagnosed with reflux (the urine would back into her kidney) - but b'h, her body corrected itself, and that no longer happens.

It's just so hard to see her suffer

Gold Member Joined: Mar 12 2006 Posts: 1313

they say cranberry juice is good to prevent utis but once you have it you shouldnt drink it because the acidity makes the infection worse

Posted: Wed, Feb 06 2008, 11:40 am Post subject: re: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

I had a number of UTIs as a child.
and a couple of UTIs as an adult, though I'm mostly past it.
the advice given by others so far should be helpful...also, she should drink a lot of water and use the bathroom frequently/
I hope that she is feeling better soon!

Posted: Wed, Feb 06 2008, 11:44 am Post subject: re: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

I hope she feels better soon! Antibiotics really help! Drinking water to flush it all out is a very good idea. I just feel so bad that she wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom. I'm just thinking about it and I would have been jumping out of my skin as an adult! Poor poor kid!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Wed, Feb 06 2008, 11:57 am Post subject: re: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

Send a note to the teacher that she must allow your dd to go to the bathroom as necessary, on doctor's orders. DD could have her own special pass and not even need to ask for permission.
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my kids pediatrician recommends the kid double void, meaning after she is done, stand up, and then sit down again and go. or he says to make the kid sit backwards on the toilet, to stretch the muscle, and make sure it empties itself.
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Posted: Thu, Feb 07 2008, 10:25 am Post subject: re: 9 Year Old Daughter has UTI

Yes, we did get confirmation of her body correcting itself - she had VCUG's annually from the time she was 3.5 until 6.5 (4 times) - the last one showed the correction.

She was on profolactic (?sp) antibiotics for those 4 years - I didn't want to play games with her kidneys.

e1234 - I know the vcug is very invasive, but I just couldn't let it go without knowing for sure. G-d forbid, she could have irreversible kidney damage.

Silver Member Joined: Feb 07 2008 Posts: 977

I'm an adult with constant urinary tract infections. ANy other adults out there? I think I get them after being with my husband? Anybody ever heard of that? I drink cranberry juice all the time but the key is just to drink, drink, drink, anything but not caffeine. I'm really ot very religious about drinking.