104.3 Fever

SoMDGirl42

SoMDGirl42

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The little one woke up at 2:30 with a fever of 104.3. It's now down to 103.4 with motrin and tylenol. I feel so bad for her when she's sick. We'll be headed to the doctor as soon as they open or to urgent care if it goes back up.
 
MMDad

MMDad

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SoMDGirl42 said:
The little one woke up at 2:30 with a fever of 104.3. It's now down to 103.4 with motrin and tylenol. I feel so bad for her when she's sick. We'll be headed to the doctor as soon as they open or to urgent care if it goes back up.
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How old? If she's under two, I'd suspect Roseola. My daughter had it. It's over quick, but that high fever is terrible.
 
SoMDGirl42

SoMDGirl42

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MMDad said:
How old? If she's under two, I'd suspect Roseola. My daughter had it. It's over quick, but that high fever is terrible.
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Nearly two and a half. I remember when yours had it, I diagnosed it correctly before you made it to the doctor. I'm getting ready to call the doctor's office now.
 
puggymom

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SoMDGirl42 said:
Nearly two and a half. I remember when yours had it, I diagnosed it correctly before you made it to the doctor. I'm getting ready to call the doctor's office now.
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How's she doing?
I swear mine only get fevers at night. Once daughter had a 104.1 fever at 3am and I called my insurance nurse line and they kept telling me I should only be concerned right now if she was lethargic. I finally told them it was 3am--the whole freaking house is lethargic.
 
SoMDGirl42

SoMDGirl42

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puggymom said:
How's she doing?
I swear mine only get fevers at night. Once daughter had a 104.1 fever at 3am and I called my insurance nurse line and they kept telling me I should only be concerned right now if she was lethargic. I finally told them it was 3am--the whole freaking house is lethargic.
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Thanks for asking. She is feeling a little better, fever is down alot with motrin and tylenol. I know what you mean about lethargic! She actually freaked me out this morning with her temp so high, so was actually delarious with the temp. She was walking in circles, crying, talking crazy things and wanting me to paint her fingernails pink :jameo: Mind you, she hates having her fingernails and toenails cut, so it wasn't normal for her to be so adament about having them done at 3 a.m. :killingme

Doc did a rapid strep (neg) because her throat is extremely red and ucky looking. He also did a UA. She has blood in her urine, so she probably has a UTI. Fairly normal when first potty training (she's been potty trained for about 2 months) because they don't always completely empty their bladder. He'll see her back Monday morning for f/u. She's on antibiotics. Normally she tolerates all medicine well. She HATES this medicine! It's the first time ever she's refused to take any medicine. Oh this is not going to be fun.
 
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deemerma

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SoMDGirl42 said:
Thanks for asking. She is feeling a little better, fever is down alot with motrin and tylenol. I know what you mean about lethargic! She actually freaked me out this morning with her temp so high, so was actually delarious with the temp. She was walking in circles, crying, talking crazy things and wanting me to paint her fingernails pink :jameo: Mind you, she hates having her fingernails and toenails cut, so it wasn't normal for her to be so adament about having them done at 3 a.m. :killingme

Doc did a rapid strep (neg) because her throat is extremely red and ucky looking. He also did a UA. She has blood in her urine, so she probably has a UTI. Fairly normal when first potty training (she's been potty trained for about 2 months) because they don't always completely empty their bladder. He'll see her back Monday morning for f/u. She's on antibiotics. Normally she tolerates all medicine well. She HATES this medicine! It's the first time ever she's refused to take any medicine. Oh this is not going to be fun.
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What med. is it? Mine hate Cef-tin (sp?) Other than that most are tolerable, have you tried mixing with a little juice or Pedialyte?
 
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deemerma

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Oh no! If your daughter has a problem with Augmentin, she's going to have a problem with this one, I only gave it to my boy for 2 days and I took him off of it and demanded that they call in something else along with the Nystatin for the yeast infection that the Ceftin had caused! I will also never go to our urgent care if the same doctor is on duty again, she didn't listen to me at all, I told her he would get a yeast infection unless he had Zithromax, Amoxicillan or Omnicef! Good Luck! (I hope she's not like my son and you don't have any problems, but I would go get it flavored, did you taste it? I did and it tastes like charcoal and school paste from what I remember...)
 
SoMDGirl42

SoMDGirl42

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deemerma said:
Oh no! If your daughter has a problem with Augmentin, she's going to have a problem with this one, I only gave it to my boy for 2 days and I took him off of it and demanded that they call in something else along with the Nystatin for the yeast infection that the Ceftin had caused! I will also never go to our urgent care if the same doctor is on duty again, she didn't listen to me at all, I told her he would get a yeast infection unless he had Zithromax, Amoxicillan or Omnicef! Good Luck! (I hope she's not like my son and you don't have any problems, but I would go get it flavored, did you taste it? I did and it tastes like charcoal and school paste from what I remember...)
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Has anyone tried the flavoring for liquid medicine? If so did it help at all with the taste?
 
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jsouthan

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SoMDGirl42 said:
Has anyone tried the flavoring for liquid medicine? If so did it help at all with the taste?
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I have done the flavoring. My son has had to take liquid Prednisone which tastes really nasty. I had them flavor it grape and he took it with no problem. It is so worth the extra couple of dollars for this, IMO.

For the lady who was complaining about the anitbiotic that the doctor prescribed her, I would be very careful demanding which ones are prescribed for your little one. I am not judging you, as you obviously know what side effects you are going to get from some of them, but some anitbiotics are definitely better for some infections than others. I, personally, would rather have to follow up with something for a yeast infection a couple of days later and know that the infection was taken care of than have them prescribe something that might not be the best thing or might not knock it out all the way. Again, I am not judging you, just pointing out that not all antibiotics are created equal.
 
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sux2b44

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I would recommend taking her to the ER. Most likely it could be an inner ear infection. With a fever that high, it has to be a bacteria or infection her/his body is trying to fight. Usually fevers go down in the day and back up around dawn. If it was my child, I would taken her/him to the ER. If for nothing else, piece of mind.
 
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deemerma

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jsouthan said:
I have done the flavoring. My son has had to take liquid Prednisone which tastes really nasty. I had them flavor it grape and he took it with no problem. It is so worth the extra couple of dollars for this, IMO.

For the lady who was complaining about the anitbiotic that the doctor prescribed her, I would be very careful demanding which ones are prescribed for your little one. I am not judging you, as you obviously know what side effects you are going to get from some of them, but some anitbiotics are definitely better for some infections than others. I, personally, would rather have to follow up with something for a yeast infection a couple of days later and know that the infection was taken care of than have them prescribe something that might not be the best thing or might not knock it out all the way. Again, I am not judging you, just pointing out that not all antibiotics are created equal.
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It was a simple ear infection which my son had every 3 weeks until we had his right tube replaced and his tonsils and adenoids removed. I didn't demand a certain type of med. she asked me if he had any allergies or problems with any medications and I told her that Amoxicillan usually wasn't strong enough, sometimes depending upon what virus the doc. thought he had they would try Zithromax, but usually he took Omnicef and it would clear right up. I indicated that the side effects of Augmentin weren't worth it, so I was just saying in my previous post that after the urgent care doc was given all of that information, she should have made an educated guess (being the medical professional and knowing the side effects of Ceftin) that my child would be better off getting prescription for Omnicef, Zithromax or Amoxicillan.

I appreciate your opinion, but you haven't seen the extent of yeast infection my child can get when exposed to some of these drugs, my nephew has the same problem, I WOULD NOT prefer to follow up on the yeast infection and continue giving the med that causes it when there is a choice of 3 other medications (that I know of) that do not have this side effect. It is difficult to ease the pain for the child when they have a yeast infection and to watch them go through it, the Nystatin is not that effective and the Vusion is so new that insurance won't pay for it, so why would I get a prescription that will require my child to be in more agony than the ear infection and require additional meds? I'd rather try the meds with the least chance of side effect and if it doesn't work, resign myself to giving the med with the side effect second. I'm not trying to be a biatch, just explaining that I didn't demand a certain type of med. and I know that different meds attack different viruses, but I also know my child and his medical history. I was not trying to say that everyone or anyone should agree with me, just relating a story of what happened to me, since SOMDgirl's daughter was taking the same med. my son had a problem with and airing the side effect she may be in for.
But, this isn't about me it's about SOMDgirl's child, so I hope she is feeling better.
 
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sinwagon

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deemerma said:
What med. is it? Mine hate Cef-tin (sp?) Other than that most are tolerable, have you tried mixing with a little juice or Pedialyte?
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My daughter had this happen at about the same age. Spiked to 105. They found e-coli in urine. Stated it was due to the potty training because they don't wipe front to back, they wipe back to front and are not that good at it.

They hospitalized her and while in the hospital she began to have seizures from the fever. FREAKED ME OUT! Considering I had kidney probelms from the time I was 5, (had surgery at 5) they sent her to children's for tests and everything came back fine and she has never had an issue since.

Those high fevers can scare the crap out of you!!!! How is she doing now?
 
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