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[quote=Anonymous]I know it’s hard having a newborn home. Hugs! 1) 102.7 is not a high fever. Most docs are more worried about the behavior of the child versus the actual number, so don’t panic. 2) medicine takes the fever down, but doesn’t kill the infection, which is why fevers come back. In fact, many believe that bringing down the fever with medicine can make an infection last longer because the heat of the fever helps to burn off the infection. So you may not want to jump for the Motrin. We don’t medicate our kids unless they refuse to drink liquids or can’t sleep at night because they are too uncomfortable. Otherwise we let the fever do it’s thing. 3) you don’t actually need a covid test, but it may be worth to treat it as if it were covid. Keep the sick kid away from the baby. Have one parent deal with the sick kid. Have the sick kid use one bathroom and the rest of the family avoids it (if possible). 4) try not to panic! Most likely everything will be fine [/quote]
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