posted April 04, 2008 12:08 AM         

you must cool her...

extreme is at 105 and a tub of ice and cold water...

in your case, a cold cloth on the forehead...cool it every 10 minutes,
you must reduce the fever...

how is it now?
Is the fever down from the medicine?

posted April 04, 2008 12:18 AM         

I might end up at the emergency room but at this time she seems fine. I found this site http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/fever.html

what do you guys think of this info?

I was thinking about the luke-warm bath but I would like to start with the cool cloth on the forehead.
Also, nattie, I thought it was ok to take ibuprofen with tylenol? I was about to see if I had children's ibuprofen next.

posted April 04, 2008 12:33 AM         

I sense, that she is gonna be fine...that this
was brought on by stress...Male, hehe Lame, lol

She's gonna be fine, no infection...

Your LOve is ALL she needs, and is getting...

Amen and Awomen...

posted April 04, 2008 12:34 AM         

She is cooling with the cloth and just asked for a blanket. I told her if she finished the bottle of water I gave her I would let her have a popsicle. I want to take her temp one more time before I give her and ice pop.

posted April 04, 2008 12:42 AM         

my daughters, both cancer crabs, 1 yr. and 10 days apart..are 16 and 17 til this July....

I hope I am not overstepping my bounds, but this fever is from an emotional issue...

as long as you are by her side..
and understand her, she'll be fine. ...

posted April 04, 2008 03:24 AM         

Having two grown up kids, I have been through all those scary moments so here is a few things I picked up on the way.

Cold cloths always work but place on both forehead and wrists.

Seven UP is the most isotonic drink (rehydrating). Apparently it has the perfect balance of salts and sugars.
Now I read this in the Lancet (doctors medical journal) so it's not an old wives tale.

Belladonna or Chammomile (homeopathic) very good for fevers.

And I Hate the stuff but nothing, I repeat nothing, works as well for upset stomachs as FLAT coca cola.

As it also can make your toilet bowls sparkling clean, there has to be something in it that destroys stomach bugs!

In an emergency shake the bottle, add some sugar to flatten it quicker, Also supplies a moment of light relief when the bloody stuff squirts over the ceiling amd then administer....magic.

posted April 04, 2008 02:23 PM         

whenever any of us, get a slight fever..
we take vitamins..it's like a sign..
that our body's immune system isn't up
to par...

posted April 04, 2008 06:10 PM         

I think it might be strep, Lotus. She has a sore throat today and the doctor told us to come in tomorrow morning for the strep culture. I think I'm next but I just ate a lot of garlic and took echinacia so that might help. I gave her a zinc supplement earlier in addition to a vitamin. It seems she gets sick every time after she returns from a break or long weekend from school. One of the kids picks up something somewhere at a relatives or local event and brings it to share. She was sick constantly when school first started until she developed the immunities to everything the kids were passing around. Now it is just after breaks. I think they come in contact with new people and catch stuff and then bring it to school. It's an interesting dynamic to consider now that it has slowed down some. I didn't even want to SEND her to school at the beginning, I was so "sick" of her getting sick. :^) And trying to take care of her while under the influence of those super kid germs myself.

Parenting is quite the adventure... and takes a ridiculous amount of strength when done properly.

posted April 05, 2008 12:44 AM         

My two youngest would run extremely high fevers when young. Always a very important indicator for me was how they are acting. I am not one to run the kids to emergency rooms for every little thing, as I don't want them to contract anything else. I have on occasion given tylenol and ibprophen when I felt the need to, I was told it was ok to do as ibprophen is an anti inflamatory and tylenol is more for pain, both fever reducers.

Alternating cold wet washclothes a must in this house, lol and remember not to let her bundle up when she is cold, use only sheets. I've also used rubbing alchohol on forehead to help reduce fever.

Not uncommon for fevers to spike around 3 in afternoon, so you can kinda watch her and see how she is acting. Like I mentioned watching how she is acting is a huge indicator for me. There were a couple times when my daughter would be running 103 and you wouldn't know it by the way she was acting.

It is soooo hard when they are throwing up, and when you have more than one sick, just make sure she stays hydrated.

Sending light and healing, good luck!

posted April 05, 2008 03:43 PM         

CJ used to get these mystery-high-fevers too, every since he was small. It would inevitably happen at 2am I used to get a wet cold washcloth and cover his forehead, pressing gently. When it was hot, absorbing the heat from his body, instead of getting up and putting him down, I would still sit there with him on my lap and just wave the washcloth in the air until it had cooled off, then fold and press it to his forehead again. Usually after a half-hour of this, his temp would be down enough for us to both get some sleep for an hour or two, then repeat when he woke up again wailing.

Even now, he gets mystery-fevers, with no other symptoms other than the high fever. His body's fighting something, or else his inner thermostat just goes whacko for a few hours then self-adjusts, I dunno.....

posted April 06, 2008 02:21 PM         

Doctor told me about the B.R.A.T. diet for flu type throwing up sicknesses. Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast. I know I've heard it before but I didn't remember it. Hopefully I will now.