Hi
My daughter has been running a fever since last night and it's been pretty consistently very high (40-41) since this morning, with intermittent brief periods of a drop to 38-39. We've been to out-of-ours doctors twice today (first time the doc was rubbish - 'children get ill...' ffs) and the second time they prescribed some antibiotics because of her recent history with quite nasty ear infections, even thoughher ears didn't look too bad apparently. We've been giving her ibu and calpol as much as we can, sticking to the dosage limits... this has been having a a bit of an effect (but not much).
She has been, largely, OK 'in herself' - except when she feels really miserable, she's been playing, smiling etc. She's eaten quite well, drinking lots and weeing and pooing. She doesn't have any other symptoms apart from the fever (although yesterday she pointed at her ear and said 'doctor', so we're assuming it is the ears).
So, my questions to all of you experienced mums out there... anyone dealt with something like this? Any idea what it could be? She went to bed with just a nappy on in quite a cold room, I put a thin blanket on her because she was shivering but then she woke really hot again - how do you get the balance right between so cold she's shivering (which I'm told is really bad in a fever) and too hot again? Any other tips for getting fevers down/keeping calm etc??!!
I keep telling myself that three doctors have seen her today and they're not overly concerned... but I'm a worrier, so I can't help myself getting really anxious...
All advice/reassurance gratefully received!