Well, we had to make a trip to the pediatrician today. Luke has been sneezing and coughing for a week now. He coincidentally developed it after only a couple of days in daycare. We had called the doctor and did what they told us...saline drops, sits in a steamy bathroom and so forth. To this point he had not had a fever. Last night before we were getting ready to put him to bed Paul decided to take his temperature since he felt warm. It was 101.4! It freaked us both out so we called the pediatrician's on-call service. We were told to give him Tylenol every 4 hours and go to the doctor this morning. The crazy thing through all of this is that Luke has been acting great. He is in the best mood, very playful and not fussy at all.
We went to see Dr. P at 11:30. She drew some blood to check his white blood cell count. They were normal. If they had been high we would have known he had an infection; if they were low he had a virus. But, it was perfect, right down the middle. She told us just to watch him and see if his fever continued to be high. The times we have checked it today it has been around 99. Hopefully it will stay that way. We know this is just the beginning of all sorts of illnesses. We will have to wait and see how he does tomorrow to determine if he will be able to go to daycare Monday or not.
On a lighter note, Luke watched his first Kentucky Derby this afternoon and seemed to really enjoy it. It could have been that I was bouncing him up and down and making horse noises. Virginia was there so I can't wait to hear all about it!
2 comments:
It was fantastic! Glad to hear you are introducing Luke to the ponies. Hope he's feeling better!
Kelly and Paul,
I know how scary it is when your baby has a fever, but 101.4 is actually pretty low for a baby. When I start to freak is about 103.2!! Call me if you ever need calming :)
Beth Allen
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