called the doc at about 5 last night. They said that they wouldn't be able to get out to see her till after 8, but I could take her straight in and they would see her straight away.
Dd1 stayed at home to look after ds and I rang dp and told him that I wouldn't after all be picking him up from the pub in Hull where he was waiting for me after all (he'd been at the university for some extra training and there's no way home from there)
Doc said that she wasn't dehydrated (and the rehydration drink I'd been giving her was super, so thanks for that) but she was concerned that her temp was still 39 (102) and calpol wasn't bringing it down. She rang the hospital and they said to pack a bag and bring her in.
So... popped home to bung some clean knickers in my handbag, drove to hospital (via pub to pick up dp) and they whisked us straight through. A & E was ridiculously busy but they said we were expected on the ward and took us straight up.
Various doctors, nurses, tea-makers etc. came and went, some examined her, some just tickled her and each doc said that they wanted a more senior doc to see her as they weren't sure what to do.
Eventually, the paeds consultant said we could take her home.
She has a virus apparently. They said that is she deteriorates or we are worried, we are to ring them and take her straight back to the ward (gave us the direct line) and gave us some kiddie ibuprofen stuff.
Called at the kebab shop on the way home as I hadn't had any tea and dp had skipped lunch and not had any tea, so we were a tad hungry and finally got home just before midnight.
Dp taken the day off work today to "help" so I won't be around (don't want him to know what I actually do when he's at work )
Thanks everyone for all your advice and good wishes over the last couple of days, you really stopped me from panicking and helped me to actually do constructive stuff to help her.
Will let you know how she is over the next couple of days.
PS. the docs and nurses at Hull Royal are all fab.