Lea Ann wrote:
> Hi Mike, Thanks for your quick reply! WHERE on EARTH did I come up > with Celcius? (shaking head and chuckling at my silly self) Luke is > my 3rd son and I never panic at fevers I rarely use tylenol or motrin > because I believe: 1) the fever is there for a purpose - to kill the > infection, and 2) if the fever comes down, how do you know if the kid > is getting better or if it is just the medicine/bandaide. > > I agree totally, I never give an analgesic to reduce fever for that > reason, unless the fever is getting so high as to be a danger itself. > For a child I would do anything I could to prevent the fever from > exceeding 104, and for an adult 103. > > However, I usually give motrin or tylenol at around the 104/105 > range (unless of course fever is the only symptom and then I just > watch it but at 105 I usually do something to bring the fever down. > > I go for 104, but I agree with this. This time, I dosed with Motrin > because he was complaining so much about body aches. It did the trick > and his fever rapidly came down to 99. He drank the 50/50 of water and > probably 20ppm CS over the course of the past 5 hours. I just > measured the water bottle and I think there was probably 4 oz. of the > CS and 4 oz. of water in that bottle so I guess I really blew it where > "being conservative" is concerned. > As long as herx is not a problem, there is no reason to be > conservative. The more you give, the quicker the expected recovery. I > have given quarts of CS to my children (who are grown though) when > they have come down with the flu or food poisoning. > Luke has not had CS before now. However, his fever - 5 hours after > the motrin - is still down and he is sleeping peacfully (finally). He > threw up a small amount which I don't know if I should attribute to > Herx or to the "bug". Regardless, as soon as he threw up he finally > went to sleep. > > Most likely the bug. I gotta get to sleep but will keep everyone > posted on how it goes. > > Looks like you have things under control. > > Marshall > > > > Thanks for the help! Best Regards, > Lea Ann Savage > Satellite Beach, FL > 321-773-7088 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M. G. Devour > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Advice Needed > Hi Lea Ann, > > First of all, stop and take a deep breath! ... There! > > Now... > > > My 2 year old son ... woke up with a temperature of 104 > Celsius. > > That would be Farenheit! <cough>.... >
