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[quote=Anonymous]Twice this week my child has been sent home at least partially due to apparent low-grade fevers. The thing is, I'm pretty certain he didn't have an elevated temperature either time. And I'm not sure how to handle this situation if it becomes a regular thing.

Everyone there is completely reasonable, as far as I can tell. I do that even particularly mind that they're sending him home- they think he's acting abnormally, and I trust what they're saying. There's absolutely no reason to question their motives here.

Part of my concern, though, is that they might think I'm trying to send in a sick kid. I checked his temperature with two ear thermometers before I dropped him off today and it was just over 97. I'm told their non-contact IR thermometer read 99.2 this morning. This afternoon, they apparently got a temp of 101. I got 98.3 and 98.1 with my thermometers. I asked them to repeat it with theirs just to see what it would be, and the non-contact thermometer climbed to 99.9 without ever beeping to indicate it was done. I've never seen a non-contact thermometer that didn't either register a temperature in a few seconds or report an error. So, I kind think user error might be involved.

Again, I don't mind them sending him home if they think he's acting sick. But I also don't want them to think I'm trying to sneak him in with a fever, or have them get unnecessarily paranoid about what are almost certainly false temperature readings.

What would you do in this situation?[/quote]

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