Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Fever: Day 8


He's running 100.1 this morning. Not high enough to be considered a real "fever," but nonetheless not normal. The good news: the rash on his belly is starting to disappear and hasn't spread. Doctor #2 might have been right about one thing- the rash and the fever may not have been related. If not, then what is causing the fever? For EIGHT days?

I'm probably a tad more stressed than I ought to be, but something similar happened to me when I was a kid. My mom was sent away from the pediatrician's office many times for an unspecified fever. She was finally taken seriously when I was in kindergarten and fell asleep. And wouldn't wake up. I was born with severe vesicoureteral reflux in both kidneys, which was surgically corrected when it was finally found. I'm not saying that I think Nolan has this (though it can be hereditary), but fevers with no known cause CAN be indicative of something more serious.

It's probably just a virus. But I'm taking a stand today. No well-baby shots until the fever/non-fever goes away or we find the cause. Wish me luck with doctor #3. Sigh...

4 comments:

VBnBama said...

hmm, have they taken a urine sample? However, I will say that Gage has had a fever virus that lasted for a week w/fevers around 101-103. It happened when he was 4 and 5, scared me to death because he would just lie in the floor and sleep for days. But it after having him checked out for meningitis a couple of times, it ended up just disappearing. They have greater chance of meningitis w/cis. And we are sure it's not those ears again?

Miss Kat's Parents said...

Miss Kat had urinary reflux. It was discovered in the NICU when she had a UTI. Don't feel bad about getting it checked out, but the VCUG sucks!

leah said...

I know about the VCUG. I remember the one they did on me! And I was only 5-6 at the time. It's not fun at all, but we really need to be sure. I guess the transmission rate from mothers to their children is somewhere in the region of 50-66%. So my kids have quite the risk factor there! I have some kidney damage from a late diagnosis, so we have to rule it out.

Christian and Lily's Mommy said...

I'm so behind on reading, but wanted to let you know that you're in my prayers...poor little guy.