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 Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:25 am
Yesterday was our first trip to the emergency room. Alex had a fever. The first temp I took was under the arm and came up at 101.2, next right after in the ear was 99.9. So I called the doctors office and they said they would call us back. We gave Alex some Tylenol. He was very clingy so Matt held him and I took his temp again. 102.9 in the ear so off to the ER we went.
The nurse gave him some Motrin and we waited to see if it was strep. Alex thought the bed was fun and babbled and laughed the whole time except when a doctor or nurse would come in. They told us that we needed to stop holding him because it was keeping him warm and not letting the fever break. He doesn't have strep; it's just a virus.
It broke and we bought some Motrin on the way home.
But it made me think that maybe we wouldn't have had to go if we had stopped holding him. It would have been hard to do since he wanted to be held but I learned that the next time he feels hot to give him some Motrin and set him down.
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:41 am
I know, when sasha is ill I wanna cuddle her and keep her close but thats acually bad.
We had to bring Zu to the ER once, we though she might have swine flu. She didn't, she only had a little cold. We were so happy lol
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Z-MusicalChairMassacre-U Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:42 am
It was scary. When we got there most of the people in the waiting room were wearing face masks and somebody had thrown up on the floor. And it seems like it takes FOREVER to get seen when you are worried about your baby. We did get to watch a helicopter take off which Alex got excited about.
His temp is up this morning so I gave him some Motrin and I'm gonna let him play like normally while keeping an eye on his temp with a big sippy cup of icy fruit juice.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:42 am
Yea when I was little and still today when I'm ill I have to work it off, laying around makes me feel sicker
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Z-MusicalChairMassacre-U Captain
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:15 am
Other than his fever, he doesn't show any signs of being sick. Well, his fever and his extra clinginess but he's a hugger so it's not that different from normal. So he played like normal, he just didn't eat like normal.
He did end up sleeping in and taking a longer nap yesterday so we shall see what today brings!
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