Rough couple of days here..After we picked Tyler up from daycare Friday we noticed he felt a little hot. Took his temp and it was almost 103, so we went over to Urgent Care. They were able to see us relatively quickly and we were diagnosed with really nothing but an RX for an antibiotic. I went to fill the prescripton then came home. Tyler was asleep by the time I got home with the RX, so we were going to start it in the morning. Eric and I got to talking and neither of us felt comfortable with the disgnosis from that doctor - it seemed like he came in with a decision of what he was going to do and nothing would change his mind. He didn't see any evidence of an ear infection, said we probably have RSV (even though it's very late in the season for that), and said to take the antibiotic even though if it WAS RSV it wouldn't help (the V stands for virus....). We also were concerned about having him on another antibiotic and he didn't seem to care about that. So we kept Tyler on baby advil to manage the fever.
Saturday morning his fever went even higher so we called our pediatrician and they were able to see us. The doctor on call was one of the ones we really like, very experienced and good with patients. So, she checked him out and didn't see anything in his ears. She noted how late it was in the season to be RSV, and got a white blood count to see if he had an infection. WBC was normal so she says he has a virus. No need for the antibiotic, keep him on ibuprofen, and he will probably be over it in 2-3 days. We felt so much better after seeing her - she said we were smart not to give the antibiotic and to get in to see them today.
Yesterday was still rough. He was fussy and tired and just not himself. He slept a lot, but would get super sweaty then wake up with the chills. He ate pretty well, thank goodness. It was a scary day and we almost ended up going to the ER at one point during the chills. That continued overnight but he woke up this morning feeling much better temp-wise, so we're hoping we're over the worst of it. Cross your fingers.
Saturday morning his fever went even higher so we called our pediatrician and they were able to see us. The doctor on call was one of the ones we really like, very experienced and good with patients. So, she checked him out and didn't see anything in his ears. She noted how late it was in the season to be RSV, and got a white blood count to see if he had an infection. WBC was normal so she says he has a virus. No need for the antibiotic, keep him on ibuprofen, and he will probably be over it in 2-3 days. We felt so much better after seeing her - she said we were smart not to give the antibiotic and to get in to see them today.
Yesterday was still rough. He was fussy and tired and just not himself. He slept a lot, but would get super sweaty then wake up with the chills. He ate pretty well, thank goodness. It was a scary day and we almost ended up going to the ER at one point during the chills. That continued overnight but he woke up this morning feeling much better temp-wise, so we're hoping we're over the worst of it. Cross your fingers.
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