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FUSHIGI
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: somewhere between here and there
Posts: 10,838
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There are times when there are no substitutes for IV fluids and lots of them. My youngest daughter (then 4) was really dehydrated a couple of flu seasons ago. Basically, she was out on her feet. I brought home the goods and she was a markedly improved kid after a liter of Ringers. Same bug took me down...2L for me and I felt a ton better too. If it comes down to it, there are no comparable re-hydration alternatives (maybe IO but things have generally come off the tracks if an IO is indicated).
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