Last night (Monday), while on the bus headed home, I spoke with Sarah who said, "Margaret seems a bit off."
I got home just after M's bath, to find her running a bit hot, and looking like her eyes were kind of watery and tired looking. Together, we took her temperature which showed 102.9 degrees. Thinking this uncomfortably high, we called our insurance company and found a clinic that was still open and brought Margaret over.
I have to admit, being Margaret's first real temperature, I was somewhat concerned because she wasn't sweating even though M is normally really sweaty in even the slightest heat. I even broke out my First Aid manual to check symptoms for heat exhaustion (it had been sweltering that day).
As it turned out, we had a very kindly older doctor who spoke perfect English and told us that she was fine and that it was probably teething or a virus.
He told us that because she was asymptomatic, there was very little he could do. He gave us some instructions on what to do if the temperature hit 104 (105 using our temperature taking method) and sent us home with some baby Panadol (Tylenol).
We got home at around 8:00 PM, WAAY past her bedtime, but still wrapped a cool towel around her neck, gave her the medicine, turned on her airconditioner and put her to bed.
She went straight down with no problems.
This morning, while on the way to work, Margaret seemed much better, and after her bath tonight, her temperature registered 101.4, or 100.4, which we didn't think was high enough to warrant much concern, especially since she seemed in decent spirits.
Through it all, we kept thanking our lucky stars for how easy Margaret is to care for, even when sick. We've heard so many stories of friends and relatives who have nightmarish scenarios play out, that we were expecting the worst.
She was slightly fussy last night, but not much at all, and today, she seemed mostly her normal self (though she wasn't as smiley).
Hopefully, the temperature will totally subside by tomorrow and her smiles (and appetite) will return.
5 comments:
hopefully she's feeling better by now. could be roseola if her temp goes back up tonight... good luck! hopefully the typhoon isn't too bad.
Poor thing! I'm glad she's feeling better.
I hope she continues to feel better! but ... I was thinking just what joyce said - V had roseola last fall. It was several days of seemingly asymptomatic fever and extreme clinginess, followed by a rash on her chest and back.
another typhoon!
Oh, the first fever is scary. I'm so glad she seems better already, and wasn't feeling terribly miserable. She definitely looks a bit glassy in the picture. Give her a kiss from me and XXOO to mom and dad too!
Did you get to miss work for the typhoon?
M was finally back to normal yesterday afternoon, and this morning, went through her normal breakfast routine, even cracking a smile once or twice.
We're so glad she feels better, though her teeth still seem to be bothering her...
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