Have I done the right thing?

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There's probably a very obvious answer to this but I keep going round in circles and need reassurance more than anything.

My little girl is 18 months. She very rarely gets ill. Last night and this morning she's had a raging temperature. Calpol has kept it down and she's sort of OK ish in herself but crabbier than normal. She also has canine teeth cutting through which won't help.

I've made the decision to keep her at home from nursery and I've decided to stay home with her. I'm a teacher part time.

I've booked her a test this morning but I am pretty sure it isn't covid.
I feel guilty not being in work and potentially not tomorrow either as we'll have to wait for a test result. I'm questioning myself as to whether I should have got her a test at all. Thing is I've decided to get her a test. Nursery and school have both just said do what you think is right.
I don't think she needs a test really but rules are rules right? Have I done the right thing?
My husband works from home so could look after her but because I've decided to get her tested I have to stay at home.

I think I know the answer, I'm just a bit wound up about it I guess.

You have done the right thing. In any case your little girl is unwell and the best place you can be today is with her. Relax and enjoy a day together. I hope she feels better soon.

You’ve absolutely done the right thing. Nobody would thank you for going in to work today only to get a positive result later on. I’m not sure anyone really wants to catch anything else right now and end up in the scenario you’re in now.

Try not to second guess yourself. Tests are pretty quick now so you should have an answer sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed that your gut feel is correct and you get a negative.

Completely agree you have done the right thing. As PP has said, imagine how you and others at your school would feel if you went into school knowing that your DD had a fever and it then turned out your DD did have Covid.

Of course it’s the right thing. It’s hard with kids, they do get random fevers all the time for often unknown reasons. It’s just their little bodies fighting something off & not being very good at temperature control.

But, a fever could be covid. My GP told me if either of my kids have very short lived fevers, just an hour or two for example & then are completely fine, that’s not suggestive of any infection of illness. Or if they’ve been in the sun for a while or running around, that can increase skin surface temp as well.

However, if a fever lasts several hours & your child seems ‘off’, then it could be.

I’ve followed this advice over the last year. And you’ve done the right thing isolating & testing in this case. Results are back in 24 hours max these days so hopefully it’ll only disrupt today!

I think the other thing is if it’s obviously something else. My DD has had a fever the last 24 hours but I can see white spots all over the back of her throat, she’s refusing to eat or drink & keeps pointing to her mouth and crying. She’s prone to tonsillitis poor thing. Just waiting on the doc to call us. I won’t be testing her unless they think necessary.

Of course you've done the right thing
It's an absolute myth that teething causes high fevers. Teething doesn't cause high fevers.

I don't understand why school / nursery have offered your a choice. Both DDs settings and my school would not have offered any choice. Fever = test.

As someone who has autoimmune illnesses and takes immunosuppressants one of the things which annoys me the most is the absolute fallacy (as confirmed by dentists when I've asked ) that teething causes fevers / bad tummies. It really doesn't. The reason kids get bad tummies and fevers when teething is because they are more likely to chew lots of things and they pick things up which may not be so clean which then gives them a bug.

So, when friends haven't told me that their kids have fevers and bad stomachs, because it's 'just teething" and I've caught it and ended up in hospital more than once... I absolutely despair.

You've done the right thing, even if your kid doesn't have covid they have something because it isn't caused by teething.

Right. Rant over.

Yes you have. I am a teacher too and this has happened a few times to other members of staff. I think it is to be expected when you have young kids really.