Chest X-Rays for Little Ones

What a horrible couple weeks we've had here for our kids being sick :( A week and a half ago it was my son with croup, and now my poor little girl is sick.

I took her to the walk-in last night (braved the snow covered roads) because she had a fever of 103 that I just couldn't break :(. She started out with a cough on Sunday, stuffed nose by Monday morning, and a raging fever by Tuesday afternoon, so I finally decided to take her in.

The doctor had a look at her, and sent us across the road to the hospital for chest x-rays for her for suspected pneumonia.

What a contraption they have there for the little ones to get their x-rays done! They sit in this little seat with their legs through the table, mom or dad have to hold their hands up straight in the air, and the technician wraps this tube around the torso and straps everything in, all the while, my baby is screaming her head off, and mommy is almost in tears trying to console her :(.

Thankfully, the x-rays turned out negative, but I hope we never have to go through that again! She is on antibiotics, though, for an ear infection now.

oh no..hope she feels better!
That machine sound scary!

The machine is scary!!! Last fall _ Thanksgiving weekend, but 2 year old was x-rayed and he DID have pneumonia!! Awful!!! Me and my 3 boys are all sick!! Get well soon all......

hoping everyone will get well soon....just hearing the thing description and i sounded scary to me, poor little girl and mommy....i had X-ray as a child ( i was 5) i still remember it but, it was nothing like this monster you and you little one met

Aww poor thing hope she feels better soon! I remember taking DD for xrays and she was not impressed with going in the tube. The bizarrest looking thing. Here is a picture if anyone is wondering what it might look like.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kJ73U9miu3....364171042.jpg

*not my picture.

That's exactly it!! I'm amazed that kid isn't freaking out!!

Gee, I've never heard of that - my son didn't need xrays when he was small...

Hoping all sicknesses get cleared up FAST!

Wow, that's scary looking! I'd probably freak out if someone put me in that. I hope everything clears up and your daughter is back to her normal self :)

that sounds horrible i know how hard it is to have to hold down your child to get testing down while they are screaming it's not fun nor easy but the bright side is she's ok and that's great news

hope she feels better soon HUGS

That does look scary, hope she feels better soon.

Wow, how awful!

On the other hand, I had to take my DS to the children's hospital for an x-ray on his leg/foot when he was quite young (under age two I think). The technicians were SO good, he wore just his diaper and all I had to do was put the lead shield on and hold him in place how they said to do it. It was quick and painless, he didn't mind at all.

Just last month my 7 month old had this done :(. Same thing, suspected pneumonia, but x-ray showed negative but he had flu and infection. The most horrible part was he needed IV, and it took 3 nurses to put the thing into his tiny little arm :bawling:. He was in the hospital for 3 days on IV, and discharged with antibiotics. Isn't that the most awful thing to happen when the little ones get sick?

awww *hugs* hope everyone is feeling better very soon! Its so tough when your little ones are sick :(

awww I hope they all feel better soon
I remember having to do that too, it was not fun at all

Ugh...now that I've seen the machine..SCARY! I would cry if I had to go in there lol