I'm going crazy. Talked to the doctor, not sure if we should drag him to the ER yet. Gave some acetaminaphen and are now waiting a little longer to see if it will come down. If not, than we are going to the ER. Poor thing, he was only fine for 2 days. Went to daycare and here we are again. But his fever was never that high before!
Baby's fever 105.3
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You wonder if thermometers are just more accurate in this day and age. My niece and a co-worker both sported 105 temps recently. Just to say they both are perfectly fine - I don't even think niece was advised by Doctor to go to ER. IT sounds horrific though!
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Do let us know how he is.
Kitty
January 15th, 2012 at 12:34 am 1326587664
She said that 105ish is by itself not reason enough to go to the ER, that is is not yet dangerous for him and won't cause any brain/organ damage. The baby is 14.5 month old. He was peeing and pooping fine, which was a good sign. He also wanted to rest and waiting for hours at the ER may be stressful for him.
Acetamenaphen brought down the fever to 102 in about an hour or so, and he was better. This morning he was much better. Still fever, but not that high, and he did want to play around and go about his baby business.
We took him to the doctor today and had him examined. Dr says it is viral, and he will probably still have fever tonight (he does) and it is more about how he behaves than what his fever is. "If he did not have 105 fever but was behaving the way he is behaving now, would you be thinking about taking him to the ER? If not, than you don't need to take him." Another Dr. also said that it can be 5-6 hour wait in ER, as there will be 30 babies with 105 fever.
So right now it is 105.1. It just shot up an hour ago. He is sick, but alert, trying to play, drinks milk, even ate a little soup. We gave him medicine to bring down fever and are holding him in our arms entire time. He is either resting on my chest or in DH's arms. That comforts him and we will know if he gets worse.
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Jerry
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