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Temperature of 105 - dangerous?

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chloemegjess · 26/07/2008 21:43

Hello. Some of you may have seen my other thread, but I will start from the beguinning anyway.

Thursday...DD miserable, put it down to teething at first. Noticed she was a bit warm when I put her to bed, but not hot so just opened window and left her in her nappy. 10.30pm ish, she wakes for a feed, Boiling hot (104) so I gave calpol and she had a bottle (90% breastfed, has the odd bottle to settle her). So after the bottle is all gone, she shoots the entire feed accross the room. We brought her downstairs, did various things to bring down temp while we phoned NHS direct, who were no help at all. She screamed and scream till eventually at about 2am we took her to A+E as her temp still hadnt gone down and she was obviously in pain.

Hospital said she had a tonsillitis, and had white pussy spots on the throat etc gave her paracetamol and nerofen and sent her home. In and out within 20mins (But typically she acted fine in hospital and the cold car journey temperarily bought her temp down a bit).

Friday - still cried all day, still very hot etc so took to Docs at 6pm. Doctor said that if the hospital discharged her, she is probably fine and no need for antibiotics and also said there were no spots - which is the opposite to what hospital said.

Today - still cried most of the day. Late afternoon wasn't too bad, had a nice long bath with me and went to sleep well (hadnt slept much the last few days). Just been up to her about 20mins ago and she was boiling again. Took temp and its 105, which is the highest its ever been. But I know its generally higher when sleeping anyway, but surely not this high? Have given 4mls calpol and a breastfeed and is back in cot asleep.

Should I be worried her temperature is soo high? I am sure I read before on here that anything above 105 was dangerous?

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expatinscotland · 26/07/2008 22:42

just take a spare toothbrush and some soap and such for you and DH in case they keep her in and one of you wants to stay.

perhaps some snacks or magazines.

i think if it's gone on this long and doesn't stay down with calpol and nurofen and she's a baby you need to be seen again.

chloemegjess · 26/07/2008 22:42

ok, we are going now, will let you know what happens. wish us luck!

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HumphreySmallPillow · 26/07/2008 22:44

good luck.
let us know how you get on.

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expatinscotland · 26/07/2008 22:44

hope they get it sorted for you and your baby, chloe

HongKongFoeey · 26/07/2008 22:44

good luck-will be thinking of youx

tigana · 26/07/2008 22:44

Good luck! I'm sure it'll be okay, either way.

tigana · 26/07/2008 22:45

Oh god I hate that feeling of not knowing if you are being an over-reacting, worry-wart or are endangering your child by being too relaxed about something!

HongKongFoeey · 26/07/2008 22:46

i would always rather over react.

expatinscotland · 26/07/2008 22:46

better to err on the side of caution with a baby, though, especially at that temp.

tigana · 26/07/2008 22:47

yep...still a horrid feeling though.

ReallyTired · 26/07/2008 22:58

I'm sorry to hear that your lo is ill. That is a very high temperature. I assume that you have done all the usual things like calpol and iprofran. You know that its safe to give a baby both. Although I can't remember what age you are allowed to give a baby iprofran.

I woul give her a tepid bath. A cold bath is cruel and ineffective. Do you have a fan? It would have the same affect as being outdoors. Just strip her down to her nappy and go back to the doctor.

chloemegjess · 27/07/2008 03:27

Well we went to the hospital, sat in the waiting room for 4 hours, with a load of drunk people and loads of shit kicked off, willexplain more in the morning. Doctor was nice but didnt tell us anything we didnt know and only spent 5 mins with us.

Thanks for all the help

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GordonTheGopher · 27/07/2008 05:49

Oh dear - hope you're managing to both get some sleep and hope your daughter's better soon!

HongKongFoeey · 27/07/2008 10:40

how's it going? how is she? you poor thingi can't believe they left you so long. that's terrible. what did they say?

DumbledoresGirl · 27/07/2008 11:28

Sadly, your experience of going into hospital does not surprise me one bit, even the part about the doctor. Hope your baby is feeling better today.

chloemegjess · 27/07/2008 14:43

dont really know what to do. She is still constant crying, high temp, rash, loose nappies, sick, not herself. But that is 3 docors we have seen.

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lisad123 · 27/07/2008 15:00

poor baby. Make sure she is gettign plently of drinks. If she becauses hard to wake, floppy, or isnt keeping anyhting down take her back

MatNanPlus · 27/07/2008 15:08

Chloemegjess go in again and stay there for some hours even if they say she is ok to go.

She clearly isn't well and in my view should be monitored for several hours for fluids in/out and temp.

I know you have seen 3 drs but she isn't getting any better if anything it sounds like she is a little worse so be pushy in a polite smiley way stick to your guns, she is unwell and just giving her calpol/ibuprofen is not treating her as she still has a high temp.

chloemegjess · 27/07/2008 16:37

Right, her temp seems much better this afternoon (although with calpol and neofen) but she isn't really eating or drinking. Will phone GP in the morning to get another apointment with her

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mylovelymonster · 27/07/2008 22:11

How's LO tonight? Much better, I hope.
Your trip to the hospital sounds bloody awful. Is she keeping down her milk now?
Thinking of you x

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