The last couple of days have been pretty miserable for the boy. He was really cranky all day Saturday and woke up around 2am with a fever of 101. We gave him some Motrin and put him back to bed. He woke up Sunday morning acting pretty cheerful but after a couple of hours his fever had returned. All day Sunday we kept dishing out the Motrin hoping that whatever was causing his fever would reveal itself or his fever would finally subside. By 4pm he was at 103 and we decided to give Motrin one more try and then go to the doctor if it didn't go away. We ended up taking him to after hours care at our pediatrician's office at 9:30pm. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen. He was zombie-like with bloodshot, watery eyes that were closed half way and he was absolutely burning up. I hate seeing my baby so sick!!!
When the doctor saw us she said that she'd already had several fevers that night and that half were showing up as strep throat and the other half viral. Sure enough, little Jonah's came back positive for Strep. The doc prescribed antibiotic syrup and I asked if they could do a penicillin shot instead and she said yes but that the dose was huge and was the same for all kids under 75 lbs. At that point I didn't want to see my little boy in any more pain or discomfort so I opted for the syrup instead. By the time we got home and administered the drops (both antibiotic and Tylenol for the fever) it was already 11:30pm so you can imagine Jonah's exhausted and sickly state. He took the Tylenol just fine but when it came time for the antibiotics, we had to hold him down, only for him to throw everything back up all over himself, us, and the couch. Poor kid. After a quick back and a book to calm him down, we managed to get one dose of the antibiotics down and put him to bed. Then I gave him one dose of Tylenol after he'd been in bed for an hour since his fever hadn't broke and he was unable to sleep.
This morning my boy woke up feeling a little better and without fever. I'm considering going back to get the penicillin shot instead of forcing the drops down his throat twice a day for 10 days...what a process!!!
Anyway, we're hoping he feels better soon and we have our normally happy and content boy back!
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If you need any help let me know, Nathan is going to be gone until late, so if need a break give me a call! Feel better Jonah!
Poor buddy! I've had a couple doctors tell me kids under 2 don't usually get strep throat, but then a couple of my kids have had it when they were toddlers, and now Jonah has it, so whatever!
I'm so glad that you found out what was making him SO miserable, and that it's strep, so you can kill it with antibiotics and not just have to wait it out!
One caution about the shot--it makes their leg VERY sore for several days. But maybe it's easier to give Motrin and do warm compresses than it is to mess with antibiotics for 10 days...
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Sad! I hope he feels better soon!
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