Exactly at 6 month old, Chloe had her first fever. we were nursing at 6 am in the morning and I felt that her body was warmer than normal, I took her temperature and it was within the normal range. By the time she woke up at 9 am for her next feed, she was like a fireball, I took her temperature again and this time it’s 38.5 ºC! Off to the pediatrician!!
Dr. Belinda confirmed that her ears, throat and lungs are fine, no sign of infection and so the fever could be due to 3 possibilities. 1. Virus attack 2. Urinary tract infection 3. False measles (Roseola). She ruled out the first 2 possibilities as she’s still very active and normal, no sign of listlessness, fever is constant and not roller coasting, so most likely false measles. So for 3 days, she had fever ranging from 38.5ºC – 39.7ºC and true enough fever finally subsided on the 3rd day. Today, her body is covered with red rashes; I panicked a little and called the doctor to confirm. It’s going to go off in 1-2 days time. Thank goodness!
We tried not to medicate her so much so we hold out by sponging and sticking that cool pad thingy on her forehead to keep her temperature down. Okay, the first time I stuck it on her, she whined a little but leave it alone for a couple of hours. The second time I put it on, she struggled to get it off and eventually managed to ‘scratch’ it off. No luck of putting it on again as she knows how to get rid of it. Itchy fingers!
Her first taste of paracetamol brought out the most constipated look on her face and some crying, phew! But after that she would cry and fight off the syringe the moment she saw Simon’s hand approaching, so we have to spend like 15 mins. to coax 2 ml of syrup down her throat, which she would spits out 0.5 ml. And then she decided that enough is enough, no more funny stuff sticking into her ears! Every time I take her temperature, she swats the thermometer away and turns her head. Okay, I asked for it, cos I will take 3 readings just to be sure, very paranoid, right? Anyway, she doesn’t appear to be sick at all, other then the first day when she doesn’t really want to nurse. She’s still so active, in fact even more active after taking paracetamol (wonder what they added in my bottle of medicine). She took a dose and stayed awake for 7 hours straight, playing and babbling. Side effects?!
We had sleepless nights worrying about her fever and wondering what causes it. When it’s down, we pray that it stays put, when it’s high, we hope it doesn’t get any higher. Well, she’s fine now other than the red polka dots on her body. Phew! : ) And Chloe says 'Yabah! yabah!'
Dr. Belinda confirmed that her ears, throat and lungs are fine, no sign of infection and so the fever could be due to 3 possibilities. 1. Virus attack 2. Urinary tract infection 3. False measles (Roseola). She ruled out the first 2 possibilities as she’s still very active and normal, no sign of listlessness, fever is constant and not roller coasting, so most likely false measles. So for 3 days, she had fever ranging from 38.5ºC – 39.7ºC and true enough fever finally subsided on the 3rd day. Today, her body is covered with red rashes; I panicked a little and called the doctor to confirm. It’s going to go off in 1-2 days time. Thank goodness!
We tried not to medicate her so much so we hold out by sponging and sticking that cool pad thingy on her forehead to keep her temperature down. Okay, the first time I stuck it on her, she whined a little but leave it alone for a couple of hours. The second time I put it on, she struggled to get it off and eventually managed to ‘scratch’ it off. No luck of putting it on again as she knows how to get rid of it. Itchy fingers!
Her first taste of paracetamol brought out the most constipated look on her face and some crying, phew! But after that she would cry and fight off the syringe the moment she saw Simon’s hand approaching, so we have to spend like 15 mins. to coax 2 ml of syrup down her throat, which she would spits out 0.5 ml. And then she decided that enough is enough, no more funny stuff sticking into her ears! Every time I take her temperature, she swats the thermometer away and turns her head. Okay, I asked for it, cos I will take 3 readings just to be sure, very paranoid, right? Anyway, she doesn’t appear to be sick at all, other then the first day when she doesn’t really want to nurse. She’s still so active, in fact even more active after taking paracetamol (wonder what they added in my bottle of medicine). She took a dose and stayed awake for 7 hours straight, playing and babbling. Side effects?!
We had sleepless nights worrying about her fever and wondering what causes it. When it’s down, we pray that it stays put, when it’s high, we hope it doesn’t get any higher. Well, she’s fine now other than the red polka dots on her body. Phew! : ) And Chloe says 'Yabah! yabah!'
Cool headed
The big fat sponge
Green cool gel pad on my head
1 comment:
Sweet Chloe, I'm glad that you're feeling better. No fun being sick ... mama and papa also have to suffer, big time.
Why is it so DIFFICULT to give our girls medication? It is a battle isn't it? Johan and I just had one with Sera, trying to give her 3.5ml of anti-allergy syrup. Nothing went in, she flung the spoon away from her face and landed on her clothes instead. We tried and tried ... but she cried and cried. HEADACHE!
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