Fever!!

It has been a week that I did not have time to log on to my blog to post anything, Skyler had fever last Sunday and I have been busy for almost the whole week just to take care of this fussy boy. It was a low grade fever right around 101 to 102, not sure what cause it, I kept him at home Monday and he went back to daycare on Tuesday. No more fever after Tuesday but he has been very fussy and been whining about everything this last few days, I mean... everything! Hopefully the fever will not return.

I got nervous now whenever Skyler had fever because he had a seizure at about 15 months old, that scared me to death, it is one of the bad experience that any parents does not want to go through.  Of course we end up by calling 911 before we knew what was wrong with him, our house was full of paramedics and firemen while front door full of police cars and fire trucks! Paramedic told us he had fever of 103 at the time when they arrived, I said no, I just took his temperatures and it showed 99. Lesson learned... getting the right thermometer is very important, one or two degree of the wrong reading will lead to mistreatment. Doctor said since he had a seizure in the past, he has higher risk of getting it again whenever he has fever, so I need to make sure his temperature does not raise or drop rapidly to prevent a seizure from happening again. Well, that means I need a thermometer that gives me the accurate reading.

A expensive thermometer does not mean a accurate reading, we were using a temporal scan thermometer, one that comes with a transducer that rolls across the forehead, it is a infrared thermometer plus you just roll it across the forehead so it is much easier to take Skyler temperatures especially when he is sleeping. Been using it for a while until the paramedic told me that I have the wrong reading, and it was about 4 degree of the difference! After some research, I have decided to try the tympanic thermometer, it is also a infrared thermometer, it read temperatures by scanning the heat through the ear canal...hmm...those that stick into the ear. :) I try to make comparison from the two, and the temporal scan thermometer is usually about 2 degree less than the tympanic thermometer... wow... what a surprise to see this! Will never use my temporal scan thermometer anymore.

So, just to share my bad experience...please check and make sure the thermometer that you using now gives you the accurate reading.

Temporal Scan Thermometer

Tympanic  Thermometer

Skyler with fever at 9 months old!