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ambulance on way. she passed out and can't see.
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 379521" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>When I was 14, I was in the hospital for an appendectomy. I was very weak, but my mother encouraged me to get out of bed and walk around. In the hallway, I suddenly felt faint and lost my vision. When my mother grabbed a chair so I could sit down to prevent me from fainting, my vision returned. So I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility for Jen's daughter to temporarily lose her vision as a precursor to fainting. In terms of dehydration, my own daughter had a choking phobia at age 8 and went two full weeks barely eating or drinking anything before being admitting to the hospital for placement of a feeding tube. My understanding is that children who have high fevers or who are vomiting or have diarrhea dehydrate quickly, but "healthy" (in quotation marks, because Jen's daughter is not psychologically healthy) children can go quite a long time without dehydrating. My own daughter was treated with medications (Zyprexa) and then intensive feeding therapy. Today she is a healthy and happy 12-year-old girl. She barely even remembers how frightening the weeks that she wouldn't eat or drink were. But I, as her mother, will never forget because they were truly the scariest days I've ever lived through as a parent. No parent should ever have to watch her child starve herself to a life-threatening point. Jen, I'm here for you anytime you need someone to talk to. Hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 379521, member: 2423"] When I was 14, I was in the hospital for an appendectomy. I was very weak, but my mother encouraged me to get out of bed and walk around. In the hallway, I suddenly felt faint and lost my vision. When my mother grabbed a chair so I could sit down to prevent me from fainting, my vision returned. So I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility for Jen's daughter to temporarily lose her vision as a precursor to fainting. In terms of dehydration, my own daughter had a choking phobia at age 8 and went two full weeks barely eating or drinking anything before being admitting to the hospital for placement of a feeding tube. My understanding is that children who have high fevers or who are vomiting or have diarrhea dehydrate quickly, but "healthy" (in quotation marks, because Jen's daughter is not psychologically healthy) children can go quite a long time without dehydrating. My own daughter was treated with medications (Zyprexa) and then intensive feeding therapy. Today she is a healthy and happy 12-year-old girl. She barely even remembers how frightening the weeks that she wouldn't eat or drink were. But I, as her mother, will never forget because they were truly the scariest days I've ever lived through as a parent. No parent should ever have to watch her child starve herself to a life-threatening point. Jen, I'm here for you anytime you need someone to talk to. Hugs. [/QUOTE]
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