DS 9mo has been quite poorly recently with what the hospital said was a viral infection.
We took him two weeks ago to GP out of hours when I noticed that he hadn't had a wet nappy for 8 hours. I was going by the book when I decided to call as he seemed his normal self but had been a bit off his milk. The doctor was unconcerned but said he may just bee coming down with something.
Sure enough a few days later and he's hit by a super snotty nose with coughing and sneezing. Cue Tuesday night where his temperature spikes a bit. Gave him some Calpol and put him to bed. The next day he was really not himself and his temperature went up to almost 40 degrees and he was slow to respond to Calpol, but that did eventually bring it down. O was worried, and my Mum advised if he wasnt right on his 12:30 feed to phone 111.
I decided to wake him at 1ish when he hadn't woken for his feed as I wanted to keep his fluids up. When he woke he was burning up, temperature sky high again, he was shivering (think I cooled him down too fast), flinching when I touched his skin, screaming, struggling to breathe due to being blocked up, and just generally really scaring me. I panicked and phoned 111 as something felt really off. They really focused on the breathing (which is wasn't too concerned about as he wasn't sucking in below his ribs etc) but they seemed worried due to him having choked on a bit of bath water whilst trying to eat a toy and were adamant I should take him to a and e after another call back as I'd queried whether he could get an out of hours appointment so he could be seen quicker. By the time the nurse had called back he was right as rain, back to his normal self. But we went anyway as she wanted to be safe.
They triaged him quickly and his vitals were fine and we waited for a few hours. A doctor came and didnt even look at him, just said he had a viral infection and to give Calpol/ibuprofen for up to 5 days. He's also had vomiting and diarrhoea. But the vomiting stopped two days ago and the diarrhoea has just become more frequent, yet softer stools.
He has improved, to the point we weren't giving him Calpol yesterday, just cough medicine, vapour rub, saline drops etc to help relieve the cold.
During his night time feed I noticed he hadn't weed again but wasn't overly concerned, however his skin on his forehead felt really cold. Took his temp and it was around 35.4 (ear temp). He was also crying everytime we moved him to change nappy etc, and he appeared drowsy (he normally wakes up to the point of smiling and laughing on night feeds).
I've just been up with him again, which is usual for him. But his temp is still between 35 and 35.8. He's wee'd, but not as full nappy as usual. Still crying (think it sounds worse as quite high pitched with him losing his voice) and drowsy.
He's gone back to bed and I've turned the heating up.
I suppose my AIBU is, should I be worried? I have form for worrying too much, and am a bit of a hyperchondriac but like to think I'm level headed too, to a point.
I googled low temp in babies and it's all meningitis and sepsis. Which doesn't help my worry. I can't see a rash. His hands and feet are a bit cold but that's quite normal for him (takes after me). He's drinking his milk, just not as much. He's been totally uninterested in solids and has just been on milk the last few days as he's been too unwell to sit in a highchair and eat.
I'll probably book a doctor's appointment in the morning, to err on the side of caution, but I feel like they'll see he's been to out of hours and a and e in the last two weeks and think I'm over reacting. Which I understand isn't important, DS health is. And I will take him regardless.
I just wondered if I was being totally paranoid, or if this is worthy of worrying about?
(Please don't flame me, I'm not asking if I should take him to the doctor's or not, just more AIBU to be worrying, again?).