When he woke up on Monday I had to decide whether or not he was having ear infection behavior or if it was different. If it was ear infection behavior with the fever it would have been ok to drop him off at Kristin's. Ear infections aren't contagious, despite our previous pediatrician's claim that they were. But his behavior reminded us a bit more like when he had the swine flu. So I dropped Roo off at Kristin's and then went home with Bug and called the pediatrician when the office opened. Bug didn't nap very well and ran a temp throughout the day.
When we got to the office, she did a very thorough inspection and did a nose swab to test for RSV. It's the end of RSV season but a lot of cases came into her office last week, plus his breathing was a little off. He tested positive and our instructions were to keep an eye on him and watch his breathing.
Since then his behavior has come close to normal but he keeps spiking really high fevers. Yesterday afternoon after his temp was 98.6, it shot back up to 103.7. Daddy was worried so he called the ped back and they stayed open late to see him. She checked his ears and checked him for strep and both were fine. She said it's a pretty nasty virus and some kids are coming in with fever as high as 105. That would definitely freak me out! So we were told to continue with the Tylenol and Motrin around the clock.
This morning I thought for sure he would have finally had a normal temp. Nope, not even close, 103.3. Insane! So I continued with the Tylenol and Motrin. Traded off with Daddy at work again and again his temp went down to 98.6. But then at bedtime, it shot back up to 102.3. Seriously!
Dr. Bradshaw just called and said that she was hoping he'd be back to normal today and that if he wakes up with a fever over 101 tomorrow morning to give her a call and she'll do some blood work in the morning just to make sure it's not some other infection. Having done the blood work drill with Bug once before I can say this is really stressful.
Again, I'm so glad we switched doctors. She really cares about him and does not at all poo poo our worry, and it takes a lot for Daddy to worry. What was most surprising to me was last night when Daddy told me that Bug is making him question all of his medical training. Wow, at least I'm not the only one perplexed by this little guy!
The best part of all of this is that the one thing that really makes Bug happy is Roo! I've kept Roo home in the mornings this week before I've gone to work and traded off with daddy. So I might be missing a lot of work but we're having some good quality time at home and enjoying our waffle breakfasts. Roo was so excited to deliver Gatorade to Bug on Monday night, it was adorable. He was even more excited when Bug gave him a cookie to say thanks for being a great brother. This is the first time in a while that Roo hasn't been totally jealous of Bug when he's sick. Yay Roo!
