Mild food poisoning or stomach flu? - Children's Health Message Board

Everest63 · 12-27-2000, 10:38 AM

My 2 1/2 year old daughter has been vomiting for the past three days on and off. On Christmas eve she ate quite a bit of Purina Cat Chow Mature dry cat food. When we saw her she was munching away. I believe it contains a lot of meat and fish by-products. All she had for dinner was four slices of salami and a lot of Christmas cookies. Could this be mild food poisoning? She vomited at 3:30 AM X-Mas day and at 4:30 AM. She then slept soundly for three hours before vomiting again. Every few hours on Christmas day she would get sick. The day after Christmas she was fine. Today, 12/27, she woke up and was very very tired and lethargic. She was very thirsty so we gave her all the fruit juices she wanted to drink. She then vomited up all the juice. Does this sound like mild food poisoning or a bad bout of the stomach virus that goes away and comes back?

~mandy~ · 12-28-2000, 05:50 AM

if she's not keeping any fluids down she needs to go to the hospital or doctor asap...they need to find out what's making her sick and she needs to be rehydrated.

Lisa/Tx · 12-30-2000, 12:21 PM

If dog food was bad for kids, mine would be dead.

It sounds like a gastrointestinal bug. If she isn't staying hydrated (is she peeing?) she needs to have seen a doc by now.

Everest63 · 01-02-2001, 07:54 AM

Hi all,
It turns out that she just had a tummy virus. We changed her over to Pedialite and she did much better. Her Dr. recommended pure white grape juice or Pedialite liquid or freezer pops. She loved the freezer pops.
Thanks to all for your postings and concerns.
Warmest regards,
Andy