Toddler Temperature rising after Calpol

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DD1 is 2.10. She had pneumonia about 6 weeks ago. Nursery phones not long before she was due to be picked up to say she had a rash and a temp of 38 and asked if they could give Calpol, DH said yes. When I collected her up she was very upset and the rash was still there. She perked up a bit when she came home and the rash has gone but we took her temperature again before bed (about 2 hours after the dose of Calpol) and it was 39. She's asked to go to bed (something she never does) so we've put her to bed as normal but will continue to check her temperature.

Should we be concerned that her temperature is rising even with the Calpol?

Yes you need to ring 101

Sorry not 101, NHS out of hours. It can be dangerous and sign of infection etc if calpol isn't working.

Yes - definitely get advice tonight

111

Id phone 111 OP.

Try her with iboprufen too, which can be more effective. You can alternate iboprufen and paracetamol 3 hourly up to the daily maximum doses.

Give her ibuprofen, I find it works much better than calpol for my dc's temperatures for some reason.

It could be the two different thermometers, hardly any chance of them both reading the same. I'd keep an eye on her and measure her temp every half hour or so. But then my nearly 2yo gets a lot of chest infections and temperatures so I've got a bit relaxed over the past 18 months about these things.

If she goes over 40, call NHS direct for advice, but she's sleeping now and it's probably the best thing for her so I'd monitor and wait.

DH is taking her to A&E (I'm staying at home with DD2). Her temperature is staying around 39 and her respiratory rate whilst sleeping was 55. I borrowed a saturation monitor from my friend and her saturation is 90/91 (at 92 they have always previously given oxygen). I hate this so much. She is terrified of hospitals and she was upset when they were leaving. I know it's the best place for her, especially if she does have an infection and especially so soon after having pneumonia but it's really, really shit.

Can you get some liposomal or another vit c and dose her to bowel tolerance. Have a read up of the protocol. Sounds horrid for you.

How is she? Did she end up staying in?

She was admitted last night but our local hospital didn't have a bed for her so she was transferred to a hospital 30 miles away. She has a chest infection but fortunately it seems like we caught out early and she only needed a little bit of oxygen in the night and they started her on IV antibiotics immediately. She has been discharged and is now home. Thank you for checking back.

Oneday...i am pleased she is ok and sorry to bang on about it but high dose vit c is quite incredible and could help earlier next time...just an idea. Liposomal we find best...

Sorry to hear she had to stay in, but glad she's ready recivering well. It's amazing how well the bounce back!