So I took DS up to the doctor on Tue as I was a bit too worried to wait. He hadn't been eating anything apart from dry finger food and refusing the bottle so he only breast fed and I do not have much of a supply anymore.
He had a rusty colour to his wee and so they thought it was a UTI.
He has been on antibiotics since Tue afternoon and I have seen no improvement!
He didn't sleep at ALL yesterday and we were up all night with him.
His temp got to 39.7 then after the nurofen went back to normal.
So he has been taking nurofen for 3 days now and still the fever comes back every 6 hours.
I am starting to get very worried but the doc's can't seem to figure out what is wrong.
Should I just take him to the hospital, I am just so worried and want my little happy cherub back!
Yep, I would definitely be taking him to the hospital, the antibiotics should have made SOME difference by now, and I don't think its good to be constantly on Nurofen. Poor little chicken
When I had DS the midwives at the hossy told me the rusty stains in his nappy are called urates (I think?) and can be a sign of dehydration.
What is his output like - Normal number of wet and dirty nappies?
Is the inside of his mouth wet?
Both my boys had a similar thing about a year ago, five days of high temps, were on AB's but they didn't help, the Dr said it was more likely a viral infection and not bacterial so the antibiotics wouldn't do much. We had to keep the temps down by rotating panadol and nurofen, it was the only way we could keep the temps down. I actually took them both to the hospital when their fevers were 40.2, it's really scary to see them so unwell. I would be going back to the dr and making sure there's nothing else going on, or up to the hospital if their fever is very high and they are showing signs of dehydration. Hope he turns a corner soon!
4th day of fever!
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