Tyler has definitely qualified for his first real illness over the weekend. He felt a little warm early Saturday, but we just figured that teething was the culprit and gave him a little motrin and left it at that. About four hours later, he woke up from his nap and was burning up and a complete rag doll, not moving or making noise or drinking. Josh tried giving another dose of motrin but it came right back up. We called the after hours for our doctors office but decided to go ahead to the ER instead of waiting around for them to call back. When we got there Tyler had a fever of 104 and they gave him a thorough check up. He didn't have any sign of infection in his blood count, his lungs were clear, and his ears and everything else looked good. They diagnosed him with a fever virus and sent us home with instructions to keep him dosed up on motrin and tylenol combo's until the fever goes away. So we've been spending our father's day weekend checking temps, staying hydrated, and funneling meds into Tyler. His fever is still getting up to 102.5 when the meds start to wear off, so I'm calling the doctors office first thing in the morning and getting him checked out again. His mood has been pretty good through it all, when we were leaving the ER he had his blanket in his mouth and was smiling and waving to all the nurses... as long as he's medicated he's fine, but when that fever kicks up you can definitely tell a difference. Poor darling!
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aww poor Tyler. we went through a short lived virus like that too w/Charlotte last winter, scared us to death, especially after getting RSV! we did the exact same as you when she had 103 temp, called our nurse, she called back and asked us to put her in a tepid bath to try and lower her temp. it worked it went down a few degrees. the nurse gave us same advice to alternate baby Tylenol & baby ibuprofen every few hours and to push fluids. it's so heart wrenching to see your child so sick. hang in there he'll be better in no time! ;) ~Aunt Amanda
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