The other shoe? Oh, there it is

I had a sneaking suspicion that Baby B’s short run with swine flu was too good to be true. She had a bad day on Tuesday but bounced back quickly and was pretty much normal by Thursday and Friday.

Then she woke up this morning with a fever around 101.

And her cough returned.

And by naptime, it had gotten up to 103.5, with Tylenol bringing it down to only 101 by 3 hours later.

Turns out this is a common thing with swine flu, where you think you’re better and then the symptoms come storming back, sometimes worse than before.

Baby B’s temperature at last check? 104.7. Highest ever in her life.

I called the weekend pediatric nurse, who wants to see if we can get it down via Motrin and Tylenol, but if we can’t keep it below 105 with fever reducers, we should call back to go to the ER. We should also go to the ER if she has her breathing distress symptoms or if she’s coughing constantly for 2 hours. I can tell you that we may be taking her to the ER even if her fever doesn’t reach 105. I understand they’re trying to keep unnecessary trips to the ER to a minimum, but not every case can wait until the next morning.

We’re keeping a very close eye on her this evening and overnight, and I will not hesitate to take her in if we can’t get this fever down significantly. This is not something to mess with in a child that has a history of respiratory ailments.

Keep your fingers crossed that we have this under control. It breaks my heart when she says things like, “I’m so sad because I’m so sick right now.”