ill baby

[chris1962]

My 9 month old grandaughter has been very poorly for at least 4 months. She has had severe mouth ulcers, thrush, bronchialitis, various viruses (detected due to body rash), very loose smelly stools and sometimes constipation. She has also had loss of appetite and was not eating or drinking for quite a while therefore weight loss and dehydration. Also had cold, cough and thick mucus in nose all this time (many visits to GP failed to detect any infection until a few weeks ago). She was admitted to hospital and given drip for dehydration. Urine test (1 week later) detected resistive E-Coli in urine and kidney. She has been on course of Gentimisin and now taking cefradine each night. She seems to be picking up and is eating and drinking more than ever but she continues to be very clingy and unsettled. I feel there is something going on with her that has not yet been detected. I spoke with GP today who wants to refer her to specialist and she mentioned cystic fybrosis as a possibility. My daughter (grandaughters mum) was tested for this when she was a baby due to her abnormal stools and she did not have the condition. I have researched this and found that this condition is inherited so why are 2 GP's wanting my grandaughter to be tested for this if her mother does not have the condition? Also if it is not CF, do you have any suggestions as to why my grandaughter is experiencing so may health problems at such an early age?
Please help!

[margypops]

Try child nutrition or parenting

[margypops]

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