August 14, 2010
My poor little man
Ethan caught something from the neighbor (dont even get me started on that) about a week ago and he got sick. Super runny nose and a little coughing/sneezing, but nothing to bad. Yesterday when he got up he had a 102 fever, so I thought it was just something that came with the little cold he had and gave him something to bring down his temp. After his nap I took his temp again and it was 103.5 but he was acting totally normal so I didnt medicate him and decided to let the fever fight whatever was going on since Ethan wasnt bothered by it. After a few hours he was feeling warmer and starting to slow down, so I took it again and it was 105. Off to the pediatric urgent care we went. When we got there the nurse took his temp in the arm pit and got 100.5, I said I wanted rectal and she looked at me like I was a paranoid mom and kind of rolled her eyes and said we'd do it later. I had them do it when we got a room (about 10 minutes later) and his temp was 105.5, I hate under arm temps! They are never accurate for Ethan! Turns out he has a bad bilateral ear infection and strep. The ear infections are from all the drainage from his cold most likely and he picked up strep because his immune system was depressed from fighting the EI's. Poor little guy! He wanted to go home so bad when we were there last night and kept crying 'bye, bye' cause he wanted to leave. His temp today is keeping around 103, almost 104. They said he should be feeling better and the fever should stay down around 24 hours after starting the antibiotic which was at 11 last night. He's not eating anything but he is drinking a fair amount so that is good. I hope he starts feeling better soon, I hate seeing him sick and feeling crumby. :0(
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Poor little man! I hate when my boy is sick, I hope E feels better soon!
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