My 1 year old has been taking antibiotics everyday since she was 2 weeks old?

Question

Has anyone elses children had to do this for one reason or another? I am so worried that she will get immune to antibiotics and cause a lot of trouble in the future. She will have surgery in about a year or two and will then go off the meds.

Answer 1

It is not a good idea to be on anibiotics for along time.  You can get immune to them and if she happens to get real sick for other reasons, med. may not be able to help her.  you should ask if she can take a break from them for a little bit.  But the main concern is why is she even on them for this long?  You should bring this concern up to her doc.

Answer 2

It is not ideal, of course, but in her case, it sounds like the lesser of two evils.  It is certainly possible for her to develop resistance, but a bad UTI would be a bigger problem.

Best of luck to her with her surgery!

MM

Answer 3

no. why is she on meds?  good luck. i hope shes ok