Should I take him to the hospital?

[zap]

Fever is back and he is really lethargic. Is it normal for a fever to go then come back 12 hours later?

[nothing2lose]

Take him to hospital straight away.


Just a fortnight ago, I uuummed and aaahhed about taking DD to the ER due to an infected knee. I took her and she ended up being admitted for four days.

If it ends up being nothing serious and they send you home, so be it. But if not...Would you ever forgive yourself if you didn't and something went wrong?

[~Minny~]

Is there any after hours clinics where you are? DD had something simular a week ago but her head hurt like a bad headache and she had the high temps which panadol just wasnt keeping down, i was going to wait it out but i was worried it may have been menigitis so managed to get her into a local after hours clinic here as i knew the hospital would have taken many hours and we would have probably be sent home seeing as once the panadol kicked in aside from the temp she was still running aroud. Anywho rambling on she ended up with severe tonsilitis, definately worth going to get them checked out even if its just for peace of mind.

Hope hes feeling better soon xox

[Catastrophic]

I agree, take him to the doctors/hospital. You are worried enought o write about it in here, and a mothers instinct is a good thing

[Traveller]

My son had a similar thing with a temp that went away and came back after 12 hours. I did take him to hospital last night because his pulse and breathing were too fast and they were really great about it. Better safe than sorry, if you are worried get him checked out.

[meow]

If in doubt I have found the nurse on call phone line to be awesome. That was in Victoria though- depends what state you're in as to whether you have one, and what it's called. Hope he's better soon!