Just when we thought we had turned a corner in the health department, Gracie comes down with tonsillitis! Her teacher said that she had a low grade temp Thursday afternoon @ daycare and was given Tylenol. She woke up on Friday morning burning up. She didn't have any other symptoms, so I thought she was getting more teeth. Walt stayed home with her, and her fever never really "broke". We took her temperature around 6pm and it was over 104!!!!
I immediately took her to the walk-in clinic to see what was going on. The doctor looked at her ears- clear, than looked in her throat- fire red!!! He even let me take a look. He sent a nurse in to take a swab for a strep test. It came back negative. The only other thing he said it could be was tonsillitis. We got an antibiotic and he also said that we needed to keep giving her fever-reducing medicine. (Extra tip: he said that you can alternate Tylenol and Ibuprofen every 2-3 hours if needed.) So much for taking out the adenoids, I guess they should have taken out the tonsils while they were in there!
She has been pretty miserable up until earlier this afternoon. I think we finally have the fever taken care of- "knock on wood"! She has been extremely sensitive- anytime Lily comes near her or looks at her the wrong way she starts screaming. She also gets frustrated more easily and starts a "little tantrum". As long as Lily is not around or she is getting her way, she's fine.
Hopefully my next post will be about something other than our illnesses! Have a great week!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tonsillitis...
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Poor thing. Mason has the same thing. He woke up yesterday morning crying, which is very unusual for him. When we went to get him, he was burning up. We gave him Ibuprophen throughout the day and it helped. I also put him in the tub a couple of times to cool his body off. All he wanted to do all day was lay on us and sleep. His fever finally broke, but he still is cranky, tired and not himself.
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