My daughter is having stomach pain after sedation...?

My 2 1/2 year old daughter had to be sedated on Monday morning to have some dental work done. On Tuesday she seemed to be feeling fine. Tuesday night however, she started vomiting. She vomited off and on from appx 9pm-2am. This morning she started throwing up again and was also running a fever. I took her to the dentist to check for an infection but was told she is healing fine.

My normally very active 2 year old is now laying around complaining that her stomach hurts. She has not vomited since this morning but still runs a fever when the Tylenol runs out.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I am worried that something is being missed by the dentist and her doctor. (I called her doctor and was told she may have the flu) I just feel uneasy about the whole thing.

Thanks in advance for your advice!!

Answers:
Each time I have had to be sedated, I am always nausiated for about 20 hours as I 'come out of it'. This includes total sedation, and also partial (such as my epidural for my childbirth). I just puke and puke and feel totally miserable. But it never lasts longer than a day.

Some poeple just react like that when coming out of sedation.

Now, the fact that it is Wednesday, and your Daughter was worked on, on Monday.....is still ill, AND has a fever. That would worry me as well.

If your Mommy-instincts are nagging at you, take her in to see the doctor (not just a phone call diagnosis). And insist that she be thoroughly examined.

Good luck. Having a sick little one is really rough, on both the child AND the Mommy.

children get sick faster get her to the hosptial for if she keeps getting the fever then some thing is wrong.

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