Nicole, I too felt that some of the responses that you received were very harsh. If as a parent you are part of this message board then it is because you love your child / children very much and want to do all you can to help them lead a healthy life even with CAH. We as parents need to do what we feel is in the best interest of our children at any time, regardless of what others think. I'm sure that is what you believe you were doing. And may I add that I would have done the same thing. My son is 41/2 and was diagnosed at 4 days old, we only recently experienced our first crisis with himthat required us to administer his medication via injection. He has had other occurances of vomiting and I have had to speak with our endo over the phone however, we have never had to go to the ER. Should it become necessary we would persue that option however, we have always believed it attempting to resolve the issues at home. I was very glad to hear that so many parents believe in not wanting to frighten our CAH children about becoming ill. Stress is not good for these children and I believe that the mental anguish alone is a level of stress. My husband and I have always taken the approach that this is a life long issue and we need to learn to become relaxed with it not only for our son's sake but also for our daughter, who is not cah. Despite our calmness when my son experienced his last episode that required the injectable our daughter was very nervious and did all she could, even at 6yrs, to help him out. She actually asked if he was going to die. I can't imagine that fear at 6yrs old so I can only imagine what she would have been like if we were in a state of panic. Of course if at any point the doctor advised to go to the hospital we would have and also if we felt there was no improvement. Good luck, thanks for sharing your story and I hope your children are feeling better soon. Judy