So Owen, who showed some promise of improving earlier in the week, took a sudden nose dive yesterday. His temperature soared to 104 and higher through Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. I juggled work to take off the afternoon and rush him to the doctor, who recommended we consider hospitalization if Owen did not improve by morning. They administered an antibiotic shot, gave us a prescribed topical ointment for teething pain, and told us to continue to give him Ibuprofen and keep him comfortable. I arranged to work from home today so I could make the decision in the am whether or not we'd be going to the hospital.
Within hours of the shot, Owen's nasal discharge went from yellow to clear again and his breathing returned to something resembling normal. Although he's still struggling with ear and teething pain, his fever has stayed low grade through the night. So I think, for now, we're out of the woods. I'll truly believe it when we make it through the weekend without Ibuprofen.
Posted by Kaz at April 27, 2007 12:37 PMJeez Louise, sounds scary. you guys have def earned yourselves a fun summer. Give that poor kid a lolly.
Posted by: Reed at May 3, 2007 8:45 AM