If you have kids be prepared for anything............. (Travel Health in general)

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Product:	Travel Health in general
Date:	15/09/00 (70 review reads)
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Advantages: Be prepared for every eventuality...........

Disadvantages: Can't get very ill if not prepred.............

When taking young children on holiday, be prepared to take many things to be ready if your child becomes ill.

When my middle son was 18 months old, myself and my ex-husband took him to spain on holiday, and he was ill all the time. Couldn't eat or drink and trying to get a doctor who spoke english was hard aswell. Our rep had to speak in spanish to sort things out for us. It was so expensive to get the medicine to make little one better.

Then a year later we went to Malta on holiday.This time i took some dioralyte incase he was sick again and couldn't eat or drink properly.Also calpol insect repellent and cream for bites and stings. Bottled water and a first aid kit just to be sure these on their own took up a flight bag. And i was glad i did take these as my son was seriously ill this time.

That he ended up spending most of the holiday in Valetta hospital on a drip and a breathing machine as he had Gastroentisis and he had problems wiith his breathing because of his asthma aswell. He stopped breathing and they resusitated him and he needed help breathing for a few days. He had to have a special nurse on the plane then spent another week in a hospital near us at home. We were lucky he has never been that bad since but never taken him abroad either.

We were lucky as they speak english here in Malta. The staff were so friendly and helpful.It was lucky i had full medical cover or it could of cost abit. So be fully prepared for anything happening with children when you are abroad

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