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So we went to Dr. Pierre at 2:15. Daddy got back RIGHT in time to go with us. She weighed 32 pounds with clothes and diapy on. Her temp was fine.
Dr. Pierre listened to her chest, looked in her ears, up her nose and down her throat. Chest and ears were surprisingly fine (usually a temp like that is caused by one of those two things). She has nasal congestion though and some "secretions pooling" in the back of her throat which we *think* is what may be causing the retching. So basically Makily has a cold. I almost felt like one of those crazy hypochondriac mom's then I reminded myself that I can't play around with temps that high with her.
So we are stopping her daily aspirin and doing Motrin every six hours as needed. I thought we were in the clear fever wise but she SPIKED again around six.....103.5 YIKES. We dosed her up (she was almost due) and it went down. She started retching like crazy soon after so we slowed her feed down (she is back on Nutren JR. now, Dr.Pierre wants her EATING if at all possible).
I will say that when we got to Dr. Pierre's I felt like a REAL IDIOT because Makily's temp was totally fine and she was acting happy as a clam. Here's a short vid. of our visit. I tried to get Dr. Pierre on camera but as soon as she realized I was taping she put the chart in front of her face and kept saying "no pictures...no pictures!"
So we went to Dr. Pierre at 2:15. Daddy got back RIGHT in time to go with us. She weighed 32 pounds with clothes and diapy on. Her temp was fine.
Dr. Pierre listened to her chest, looked in her ears, up her nose and down her throat. Chest and ears were surprisingly fine (usually a temp like that is caused by one of those two things). She has nasal congestion though and some "secretions pooling" in the back of her throat which we *think* is what may be causing the retching. So basically Makily has a cold. I almost felt like one of those crazy hypochondriac mom's then I reminded myself that I can't play around with temps that high with her.
So we are stopping her daily aspirin and doing Motrin every six hours as needed. I thought we were in the clear fever wise but she SPIKED again around six.....103.5 YIKES. We dosed her up (she was almost due) and it went down. She started retching like crazy soon after so we slowed her feed down (she is back on Nutren JR. now, Dr.Pierre wants her EATING if at all possible).
I will say that when we got to Dr. Pierre's I felt like a REAL IDIOT because Makily's temp was totally fine and she was acting happy as a clam. Here's a short vid. of our visit. I tried to get Dr. Pierre on camera but as soon as she realized I was taping she put the chart in front of her face and kept saying "no pictures...no pictures!"
6 comments:
My Little J just went through this cold. He was fairly ill the first day with a fever of 102.9, and then his fever continued to 4 days! On day 2 he was happy as a clam, but still running a fever off and on. Of course I took him to the doctor on day 4 and he had the lowest temp, but still 99.7. The next day his fever finally broke...and even more thankfully, he didn't have any breakthrough seizures. :D Hope Makily is feeling better soon! Never feel crazy taking your sweet baby to the doctor, with their special needs, it's always better to be safe rather than sorry. You've always gotta do what your gut is telling you! I'm sure your doctor was happy to see you and Makily! :D Hugs!
Don't worry, you can never be hypochondriac mom with her! Once we have kids who have special needs, it's like we grow a special mom-dar, and we simply have to listen to it. So don't ever apologize, my dear! You're just listening to your mom-dar!
LOL, I think our hubbys were seperated at birth!She is such a cutie!!!!!
tara said.
i'm such a nerd. i cried watching that video b/c you can see how much those 2 adore each other...BOTH you guys are great parents and allen is such a phenomenal father! especially with the history in our family of crap dads.
You are blessed to have this husband. Hes a great man.
I think there must be some kind of HUGE spread virus in the wind, cuz were all going through this sort of cold.
Isn't that the way it always is. I am the same way...I'm just afraid to not take them to the doctor.
btw...M looks so good. She is sitting up so well. Cute video.
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