Our one year old daughter developed a very angry, red rash all over her body in a very short space of time, coupled with a high temperature, vomiting and lack of appetite. We phoned NHS 24 and spoke to two lovely and very helpful operators. An appointment was made for us with the GMed doctor at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. We were taken in early for our appointment and the doctor was great, as was the second doctor who she asked for an opinion. We were referred up to the Children's Ward as the GMeds doctor wasn't sure exactly how to categorise the rash and wished further examination.
We were greeted by a fantastic nursing team up at the Children's Hospital, including a student nurse, who were all brilliant with our little girl, helping distract her while they took note of the required observations. She was then examined by two doctors, both of whom were again very good with her and had a lovely manner. We were advised that our daughter needed to be put on an antibiotic drip and have some blood tests done and swabs of the rash taken. This was as you can imagine extremely distressing for both her and us but the team were excellent, very efficient and made the process as easy as it could be.
We were then moved up to the medical ward to a different nursing team - just as kind and helpful as the first. The day staff the following morning were, again, very efficient, friendly, chatty and kind - the nursing team, the doctors, the paediatric consultant, the auxiliaries and the catering staff we saw. The nature of the rash was proving difficult to pinpoint so we had a dermatologist referred, who then consulted her senior plus more doctors. Throughout all of this we were kept informed of what was going on and what their thoughts were at each stage which was very reassuring as we had a very poorly and miserable little girl. Eventually, when further blood test results came in, it was concluded that the cause was viral and we could be discharged with the relevant treatment. We couldn't have asked for a better team to be dealt with by, and would really like to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone working in those teams.
"Visit to Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital"
About: NHS 24 / NHS 24 (111 service) NHS 24 NHS 24 (111 service) Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital / Day Case Unit Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital Day Case Unit Aberdeen AB25 2ZG Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital / Medical Paediatrics (Children's Medicine) Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital Medical Paediatrics (Children's Medicine) AB25 2ZG
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