For the past two days Max has been battling an awful fever and has been rundown. It started Sunday night and got as high as 103.6. We gave him 1.2ml of tylenol every four hours and the next morning he woke up happy as a clam fever free. As the day progressed he started to get worse, and by the time I got home he looked ghostly pale and was miserable. I immediately noticed how hot he was and so we took his temperature which was 104. We gave him a luke warm bath, gave him 1.875 ml of motrin and put a cold compress on his forehead. He still was burning hot, and now he was also shivering and crying. It was heartbreaking seeing him go through this and not being able to take the pain away. We put him down in only his diapers and a short sleeved onsie, yet he remained hot all night and got up several times. At one point we took him to bed with us, but all he wanted to do was play so we brought him back up where he passed out after a bottle.
Steve and Maria took him to the doctor first thing in the morning where they took blood and performed several tests. They all came back fine which indicated he has a virus. The doctor said if he has a fever of 102 or higher by tomorrow night we have to bring in a urine sample since he could have a rare UTI. So far tonight he has had 101.6 so he is slowly getting better. I want to see my little man feel better, there is nothing worse than feeling like a helpless mommy :(
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