Mom Confessions
And I'm still going strong. Caffiene is a wonderful thing when you have a sick kiddo at home. My poor LO has the flu and its stressing me out something fierce. Her temp will NOT go below 101*, and the lowest its been today was 101.3, and that was almost 12 hours ago! She had an episode where her temp went up to 103.8, and I put her in a lukewarm bath, which helped a little bit, but since then her temp has stayed at 101.
How dangerous is that? Is that a serious temp to be stuck at? Every site that I have Googled said to seek immediate medical attention. I'm having to literally remind her to drink fluids ( she has a cup full of Gatorade and water sitting beside her ). She doesn't even have the energy to go to the bathroom. I had to almost carry her in there a while ago so she could pee. She did pee a normal amount though so I don't think she is dehydrated.
My main concern is the temp issue. How high is too high? Is 101 or higher a dangerous temp to be stuck at for almost 12 hours?
DD is 7 years old, and I am alternating Tylenol and Advil, and she has a cool cloth on her head that I am keeping damp with cool water every few minutes.
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Just keeping alternating Tylenol and Motrin. If her temp is still high in the morning....I would take her to the pediatrican...GL
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101 is not dangerous. What your doing is fine. Go to the doc tomorrow. -
I took her to the doctor early this morning, and she was diagnosed with the flu then.
Quoting Sassy762:
Just keeping alternating Tylenol and Motrin. If her temp is still high in the morning....I would take her to the pediatrican...GL
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I hope she feels better soon, so both of you can get some rest -
Youre doing fine. What can actually break a fever is a luke warm bath with vineger. My ds had a fever and a family member suggested it and his fever was down in a hour. I just got over the flu my fever sat between 101-103 for 48hrs. -
If its the flu dont bother calling doctor back.
Nothing they can do about it.
Motrin and tyonel.
Lukewarm baths and humidifer -
I always thought if your fever got that high, you needed the ER. Everything I've Googled said the same thing, especially for a child of DD's age.
Quoting Anonymous:
Youre doing fine. What can actually break a fever is a luke warm bath with vineger. My ds had a fever and a family member suggested it and his fever was down in a hour. I just got over the flu my fever sat between 101-103 for 48hrs. -
Her temp should be fine Momma,as long as she is comfortable etc...the fever is her body fighting what is making her sick.
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Its a safe temp as far as I know, I think the temperature actually helps fight off the bug. I would keep putting cool wet rags on her head though, thats a great way to help her from getting too hot. Also, i guess it depends on how old she is. The younger they are the more care about temperatures...
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I just don't want anything to happen to her. I always over react when she gets sick, and people always tell me to just calm down, but DD is my only child, and I would die if anything ever happened to her.
Quoting cjsix:
Her temp should be fine Momma,as long as she is comfortable etc...the fever is her body fighting what is making her sick.