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Ok 3 weeks ago DD was complaining at the gym of tiredness, headaches, nausea, and feeling dizzy to the point she was sitting out the last 30 min of practice. Ok now when dd was afraid at old gym she would claim similar symptoms and head to the bathroom. So i tell her she is probably hungry as she goes in at 4pm and doesn't get home until 8pm without any food for that time. She won't eat before going to gym and won't have a snack more than a few crackers at the gym has dinner when she gets home. So I make her eat at least 1/2 a sandwich before she goes and give her a bigger snack to eat at the gym and tell her to drink more water. the tiredness, headaches and nausea go away but she is still dizzy.
I figure give it a week and see if its just a fear thing of new skills or if it seem like its something we need to see the DR for. Well didn't go away and off to the DR yesterday.
She is anemic. So now i feel like this awful mom thinking that DD is just trying to get out of something like she use to at old gym and I should have brought her in awhile back.
Doesn't eat enough during the day for the activity level or drink enough during the day so she is slightly dehydrated on a regular basis.
The fix - Iron with calcium pill for at least the next 2 months with blood checks every 2 weeks. Drinking 8oz of water at least 8 times a day. (she will be floating to gym) one in the am, one between breakfast and lunch, one at lunch, one between lunch and coming home from school one between that and dinner, one at dinner one between dinner and bed time and one at bedtime and one.
Also she is to add more iron into her diet. she has always been a picky eater and never ate alot even as a baby. So what she eats and the amount she eats has been fairly consistant all her life. Guess we need more spinich salads.
DR wants her to stay off the beam until the dizzyness resolves. Well I tell the DR she has states on April 9 and she has to practice between now and then. DR was a former gymnast her self and tell us then no beam over a foot off the ground for practice. We will see how that goes over with the coaches. I think they may put the big block under the high beam so its only a few inches from the beam to the block but she has the up in the air feeling. We will see.
DR said this is very common in gymnasts that are in the first year of their periods too which my DD is (1st one back in Aug).
So it looks like an iron rich diet is on the menu.
I figure give it a week and see if its just a fear thing of new skills or if it seem like its something we need to see the DR for. Well didn't go away and off to the DR yesterday.
She is anemic. So now i feel like this awful mom thinking that DD is just trying to get out of something like she use to at old gym and I should have brought her in awhile back.
Doesn't eat enough during the day for the activity level or drink enough during the day so she is slightly dehydrated on a regular basis.
The fix - Iron with calcium pill for at least the next 2 months with blood checks every 2 weeks. Drinking 8oz of water at least 8 times a day. (she will be floating to gym) one in the am, one between breakfast and lunch, one at lunch, one between lunch and coming home from school one between that and dinner, one at dinner one between dinner and bed time and one at bedtime and one.
Also she is to add more iron into her diet. she has always been a picky eater and never ate alot even as a baby. So what she eats and the amount she eats has been fairly consistant all her life. Guess we need more spinich salads.
DR wants her to stay off the beam until the dizzyness resolves. Well I tell the DR she has states on April 9 and she has to practice between now and then. DR was a former gymnast her self and tell us then no beam over a foot off the ground for practice. We will see how that goes over with the coaches. I think they may put the big block under the high beam so its only a few inches from the beam to the block but she has the up in the air feeling. We will see.
DR said this is very common in gymnasts that are in the first year of their periods too which my DD is (1st one back in Aug).
So it looks like an iron rich diet is on the menu.