Ava got her 2 month shots yesterday and
the nurse said that she may run a fever
and to give her 1/2 dropper of tylenol
every 4 hours yesterday and today. Well,
we've been doing that and we've noticed
she's been a little warm. Well, we
checked it tonight and it was 100.0 orally
with a pacifier thermometer and 101.4
under her arm. I really didn't want to
check it rectally, so I decided to call
the hospital where I had her to see if it
was normal. He said that it was, but I
need to give her a whole dropper b/c she
weighs 13 lbs. 6-11 lbs. Is 1/2 dropper
and 11-16 lbs. Is a whole. Well I wish
the darn nurse would have asked her weight
yesterday, we could have gotten the fever
down sooner. Well anyway, I called the
local hospital to get a second opinion.
After letting me ask the question she
said, "ma'am we no longer give medical
advice over the phone. You need to
contact her pediatrician." what? It's a
simple question, "is 101.4 temp. Normal
for babies after their 2 month shots?"
she knew the damn answer. I wonder why
they can't do that anymore? The other
hospital did. I called her drs office
and the machine said to call the hospital
that gave me the advice. I'm so
frustrated. We gave her a little more
tylenol and put her to bed. Poor baby,
we can tell she doesn't feel good. She
slept all day today.