Fever

Luke woke up at 11pm with a high fever. Got his temp down a little and back to sleep. Then at 3:30am, he woke up with a temp of 104.5. I don't like temps that high. Adults rarely have temps that high and when they do, nurses freak out. We ice people down get cooling blankets, give tylenol, blood cultures, etc. With kids, I have learned that you just have to stay calm and watch them. I don't do this well. I rocked him for over 2 hours and he finally drifted off to sleep, he was still very hot. So we just got on the living room floor to sleep.

He was suppose to go for his 15 month check up at 9am. Instead he went for a sick visit. His ears have some fluid, but aren't infected, his throat is really red. They tested him for strep and flu, thank goodness both were negative. They say that it is probably an adenovirus and you just treat that with lots of love and lots of fluids. Once again, he made sure everyone that he came in contact with knew just how miserable he is. We got strict orders to just stay home for the next few days. So that we will be doing.




He was given stict instructions to eat popsicles. He is following Doctor's orders.