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[quote=Anonymous]Oh my god, please, please go to the ER. I recently had a three week infant with a similar fever and what was a benign infection (not a stomach flu) in other family members developed very quickly into something more serious in the baby. Like life threatening. They do not have the immune system to fight off an infection at this point and it can manifest itself differently, and spread to the blood, the brain. I am not trying to scare you for no reason, but I was told many times that I saved my child's life by bringing her in without delay. You must have someone look at an infant that young with a fever of 100.4 and above. Yes, the standard of care for a baby that small with a fever is a spinal tap, blood culture and urine culture, which will be unpleasant. They will probably admit the baby for 48 hours until the cultures clear. You can try to refuse things but I would not wait it out without talking to a doctor. Please talk to someone ASAP. [/quote]
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