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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the temperature? If it is over 101 and does not come down with medicine, then I would bring her in. If her temperature is coming down with the motrin and she is eating and drinking normally, I would not bring her in. [/quote]

Thanks.  The highest temp was 103, but the motrin is bringing it down enough that she is comfortable and able to play.  She's not eating her usual enormous quantities but is eating and drinking enough.  Mu inclination is just to keep her home and resting but everything on the internet said 3 days of fever=see the doctor without regard to whether she seems to be improving.  We'll just keep resting and watching.  [/quote]

The only piece of medical advice that I swear by is the cough for 7 days is a doctor visit. But that is because I ignored a cough for too long and ended up with pneumonia, which triggered my asthma and caused all sorts of problems. So we adhere to the 7 days of a cough get to the doctor rule.

Fevers are tricky, if the motrin has been bringing it down and she is resting fine and playing then she seems to be fighting the virus pretty well. If she is eating and drinking and there has not been vomiting or sore throats and the like she sounds like she is healing. By bringing it down enough, do you mean back to 98.5 or under 100?

It sounds like you called the Doctors office, listen to what the nurse says. [b]My Doctors office always recommends coming in, I am pretty sure that is because they don't want a law suit if something goes wrong. THe last couple of times we went in, the PA ended up telling us that the next time don't bother coming in unless and then gives us the laundry list of things to look for. It is harder to figure out because when they are younger you are suppose to bring them in for everything and as they get older, the thresholds move[/b]. [/quote]

Our last ped did this too and I was so annoyed to be out my time and sick copay. I switched practices shortly thereafter. [/quote]

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