High fevers

We are on day 3 of high fevers. Its been 102-103 Thurs and Fri and at spiked to 104.9 this morning at 3am. (Pediatrician saw him on Friday and said to go to ER when over 104.5) We were in the ER for a few hours and came home with antibiotics for a "possible" ear infection. Tylenol and Motrin are not really working to bring it down and baths are making him have tantrums. I am so worried. Can anyone help? I don't know what I can do. He has been sleeping all day except for 2 hours, he is hot, limp, and twitching.
I miss my mom

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How high is his fever now?
My DS had a bad virus in the winter that lasted 10 days and he had high fevers the whole time. I was a wreck.......finally on day 10 the pediatrician said he had to see a specialist and the next day his fever was down.

My DS had a horrible time with the tepid baths.....he threw a fit and actually made me nervous b/c he acted so out of control. I put tepid/cool compresses on the back of his neck, his wrists and ankles and it helped a little. I gave him ice pops or really anything he would eat that was cool.

I hope he feels better soon for his sake and Mommy's!

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just spoke to another pediatrician (on-call from another practice)... he said go back to the ER he needs bloodwork.

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I hope he feels better soon. Hopefully this trip to the ER will help them figure out what's going on and he will soon be on the path to recovery.

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DD has high fevers for a few days in June. Instead of the ER we took her to PM Pediatrics. It is in Syosset and well worth the trip. They took blood and everything came back fine. They took a urine sample for possible UTI and that came back negative. They said she had a fever virus and to just alternate the motrin/tylenol. Also, he may have coxsakie. Ds had very high fevers for 3-4 days, nothing broke the fever and then the blisters appeared. I hope he starts to feel better.

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DD had a 104.9 last Saturday, so I feel your pain! She had Coxsackie virus. Could he have that? DD had sores in her mouth that is how they knew.

Good luck!

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Hope you can find an answer soon!

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This happened to DD a few months ago for about 5 days straight. Ped said not to worry unless it went over 105 (which it didn,t but got close). It eventually broke and then a couple days after that she broke out with roseola. They said it was "viral."

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Awww Julz!

Jack had a high fever (about 104) for 4 nights straight. The tylenol did nothing, Motrin was the only thing that helped keep it down. Also, if he's having a hard time with the baths, try warm washcloths.

Also - get him to drink as many fluids as possible.

The number of PM pediatrics is 516.677.5437

Let us know if you need anything.

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I hope you get some answers and that Landon feels better soon

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Posted by julz33

just spoke to another pediatrician (on-call from another practice)... he said go back to the ER he needs bloodwork.

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Hope everything is ok...

DS always runs high temps (105-106 )

We have been in the hospital twice because of them... It seems thats just how his body reacts to infection...

When they are really high (105-106) I give tylenol and motrin at the same time to know it out... from there tylenol every 4 hrs and motrin every 6.

I also give a warm bath, keep him drinking, and RELAXING!

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for Landon hopefully he feels better soon and for Mommy and Daddy as well

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I hope he is feeling better.
DD has run crazy fevers with teething the last three times, hopefully he is doing the same

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Julz...I hope Landon is feeling better today.

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I hope he's better soon!

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since he's twitchy already, people have different opinions, but try and keep him out of the tub. I put Josh in a luke warm one, only ankles in and had an instant seizure.

EMS told me never give baths. Their bodies don't adjust at times to the change in temp, sending them into overload.

Josh had a forever fever at that age and it turned out to be rosela.

good luck, fevers are always so draining.

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How's he doing today?