astra
10-13-2017, 07:40 PM
Very urgent.
7wk old baby that looks like 5.
Quick background: The original caregiver wasn't very receptive to insructions. Going from some formula s/he found online (eggs and stuff), to FV which s/he was given, and whatever else s/he is not telling, one of the babies passed :( .
Now there is one left in a horrible condition:
1. His belly looks large, but isn't hard. It is squishy, like a water-filled rubber glove.
So, since not hard - not bloat?... we think it's huge and squishy because of this really bad diarrhea and the fact that he's undernourished and starved.
So, just to confirm: although his belly is big and round, but squishy, and since it's not hard, he can be fed?... he is literally desperately starving, appetite is fine - he wants to eat and eat and eat, but it's all coming out of him as soon as he eats.
2. He is ravenous, obviously.
Diarrhea - is horrible: as soon as he eats something, it comes out of his bum looking like he is peeing out of his bum - that's how bad it is.
3. Baycox didn't help - means not coccidia. Doesn't have bad smell for giardia.
So, now that the baby is here we are going to try:
1. kaopektate - HOW TO DOSE IT?
2. BRAT diet (banana baby food + baby rice cereal + FV)
3. will give probiotic like Align
WHAT ELSE CAN/SHOULD and SHOULD NOT be done with this horrible diarrhea? (have not dealt with diarrhea THIS bad - it just does not stop and it's not even mushy, just plain pee-like water coming out of him like a pee).
7wk old baby that looks like 5.
Quick background: The original caregiver wasn't very receptive to insructions. Going from some formula s/he found online (eggs and stuff), to FV which s/he was given, and whatever else s/he is not telling, one of the babies passed :( .
Now there is one left in a horrible condition:
1. His belly looks large, but isn't hard. It is squishy, like a water-filled rubber glove.
So, since not hard - not bloat?... we think it's huge and squishy because of this really bad diarrhea and the fact that he's undernourished and starved.
So, just to confirm: although his belly is big and round, but squishy, and since it's not hard, he can be fed?... he is literally desperately starving, appetite is fine - he wants to eat and eat and eat, but it's all coming out of him as soon as he eats.
2. He is ravenous, obviously.
Diarrhea - is horrible: as soon as he eats something, it comes out of his bum looking like he is peeing out of his bum - that's how bad it is.
3. Baycox didn't help - means not coccidia. Doesn't have bad smell for giardia.
So, now that the baby is here we are going to try:
1. kaopektate - HOW TO DOSE IT?
2. BRAT diet (banana baby food + baby rice cereal + FV)
3. will give probiotic like Align
WHAT ELSE CAN/SHOULD and SHOULD NOT be done with this horrible diarrhea? (have not dealt with diarrhea THIS bad - it just does not stop and it's not even mushy, just plain pee-like water coming out of him like a pee).