my 5 year old has had vomiting diarrhea for the past 7 days, i have been giving him the brat diet and that has stopped the watery stools, he will eat a little and hour or so later up it will come. yes he is drinking water, sprite, and that stays down, he seems find for about 5 hours and he eats and we start the whole thing all over, he is urinating, but only weighs about 36 lbs, is this a virus or is there something else going on
Hi...what you suspect is true. This seems like a viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. Only one important suggestion...avoid sprite. It will aggravate the diarrhea. Hope my answer was helpful for you.  I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.