Reply to 5-year-old with fever 4 days, no other symptoms

Forum Index » Health and Medicine

Reply to "5-year-old with fever 4 days, no other symptoms"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5 year old has had a fever ranging from 100-102 F since Sunday night (today is the 4th day). She has no other symptoms and seems fine otherwise--normal energy level, normal eating (for her, a picky eater). I kept her home from camp Monday but sent her the last two days because I can't work from home all week.

What could it be? Should we just wait and see, or go to the doctor? I figure it's a virus and they won't be able to do anything, but I also worry that she's had the fever for so long. [/quote]

OP, I have to chime in with the others who said you are an asshole for sending your kid to camp with a fever.  Please tell me it's not Levine, because my 5-year-old is there and would therefore have a good chance of being in your sick kid's group. If you can't work from home all week, you don't get to pass the illness on to a bunch of other families. Especially when you don't know what the illness is. NOT cool, not the right thing to do. You should be ashamed.

And yes, take your kid to the doctor already. [/quote]

+1 WTF is wrong with you?[/quote]
OP, the asshole, here. I have taken into account these outraged responses and she is home today (although fever is down some--will probably rise in pm and we'll go to the doctor). However, I'd like to know whether any of these comments came from medical professionals who know what they're talking about. Here is why I sent her to camp with a fever:

--The medical sites all say you should keep your kid home if their fever is over 101. In other words, it's okay to send them if they have a low grade fever. My kid's temperature has been below 101 in the morning.

--With colds and flu and probably many other viral infections, my understanding is that the most infectious stage is the very beginning when they're coughing and sneezing and transmitting virus (or even before symptoms appear). Mine had no other symptoms and had had fever at least a couple of days.

Of course, keeping my job and the burden on my coworkers if I stayed home is also a consideration. We just got back from 2 weeks vacation and asking for a week of sick leave on top of that at a time when many in the office are away for vacation did not seem like a good idea.

For those above who have had this situation (unexplained, relatively low fever for several days) can you tell me how many days you stayed home from work with an otherwise normal-acting child? How many days could you get away with this in your job?

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics