Oh my, that was a scare! But this morning the doctor said Karston probably just has roseola. Karston didn't quite make it to 17 months old before his first sickness.
Karston was lethargic on Friday, then had a fever starting on Saturday sometimes up to 100 degrees (ear, oral adjusted), and was fussy. It didn't help that we were under a "boil water" alert all this weekend that thankfully turned out to be a false alarm, right as we ran out of bottled water. Tylenol didn't do anything for his fussing (it's been very effective for new teeth), but Motrin really did the trick. He would stop fussing about half an hour later, and would usually be playing an hour after Motrin! Last night, Karston was burning up (Motrin first!) and the ear thermometer went beep-crazy, so we brought out the rectal thermometer for the first time. It said 103.5 °F, and we called the pediatrician's Nurse Line right away! We got directions on what to do at different temperatures, and he didn't have any other danger signs like troubled breathing, so we pushed through the night on Motrin before going to see the pediatrician this morning. As a side note, he weighed 19 pounds 3.4 ounces! And that's after a weekend of eating only (at best) about half his normal amounts.
Anyway, we have a diagnosis of he'll be fine, and guidelines, and we're ready to take a nap with him.
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