That is Ethan's temperature right now. Poor little man, I called the Dr and gave him Tylenol, they said if his fever doesn't break in an hour to take him to the Pediatric Urgent Care at the hospital. I thought it was VERY odd that he just laid and cuddled with me for 2.5 hours on the couch, he seemed warm but I thought it was because he wedged himself between me and the couch back. When we changed him I took his temp and was shocked when 103.5 popped up immediately, so shocked in fact I went and got another thermometer because the first one just had to be wrong... it wasn't. Let's hope when I take it again in 15 minutes it has started to break.
UPDATE: An hour later his temp was 101.9, if it's back up again before he goes to bed we'll take him in, hopefully that won't be needed!
UPDATE again: 3.5 hours after Tylenol its back up to 102.9, I just gave him Motrin at 4 hours after Tylenol and we'll see what that does. If anything else changes or it goes higher we're going in.
Poor boy! James just had that exact temp 2 weeks ago...try Motrin first and then Tylenol (you can alternate them, thats what my ped had me do). Fever lasted 3 days...turns out it was roseolla! hang in there :(
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