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PLEASE! Talk to me about farkin ear thermometers, mine is being really weird.

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GaspodTheWonderDog · 07/02/2009 16:05

Ds has a high temperature (39.5 in one ear) the other ear reads 35.5 - 36 consistently. I have taken his temp under his arm and it's 38.8 which I think is about 39.8 orally so WHAT THE FRICK is going on with his other ear? Why isn't it working? Oh I have dosed him and stripped him off already and he's having a drink which is why I'm asking now....

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Tiggiwinkle · 07/02/2009 16:09

Ear thermometers don't work properly if there is a lot of wax in the ear-one of my DSs has very waxy ears and the ear thermometer is useless for him!
It could be that one of your Ds's ears has some wax in it?

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GaspodTheWonderDog · 07/02/2009 16:12

Ahhhh. I did wonder about that. It looks clear from the outside (I know that doesn't mean anything!) I took him to the doctor yesterday who gave him a cursory look over (didn't even bother to look in his ears until I asked her to ) and they were fine then but I know things can change quickly. He just doesn't seem to be able to throw off this bug and he's usually really resilient

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