Talk to me about fevers and ear infections
EnglishMajor03
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Rowan went to the doctor yesterday for an unrelated issue but was dx'd with an ear infection while we were there. At the doctor she had a 100.3 fever. An hour later she was up to 102.6. We were managing her fever with Tylenol during the day but then last night she reached 103.7. We started doing Motrin/Tylenol at offsetting hours and it's helped to bring the fever down through the night.
This morning her fever was around 101.6 but she's still lethargic and uncomfortable- not eating, pale, etc. She did throw up this morning but she didn't eat last night and we were pumping her with the Motrin/Tylenol that I'm sure it was related to that and nothing else. She's had some Cheerios and crackers since and kept them down fine.
She's now down for a nap and her fever's remained around 101.6 with the meds. Is this all related to the ear infection or do you suspect something more like a virus?
Re: Talk to me about fevers and ear infections
With my kids ear infections always mean a fever. We had to take DD in last week because of a continuous high fever and of course she had a ear infection.
Did you start her on antibiotics? Even though they need to take it for 10 days or so you should usually see improvement within a couple of days and if you don't that could mean she needs a different antibiotic. DD's ear infections never go away with amoxicillin so we always have to do a different combo (it's something stronger).
Oh yeah- forgot to mention that we started the antibiotic yesterday when we got back from the doctor. She's had three doses. Her antibiotic isn't amoxicillin but it's in that family.