Daughter with Fever

S.,

Just in hopes that you don't have to live through what we did: Ask them to check her for Whooping Cough. (Pertussis) There are new strands going around and yes, you can also get it from the immunization. The doctor may argue with you but you are better to be safe than sorry. You will need her immunization records for the test as they measure the levels in her system vs what shots she has had of it. We lived through a nightmare with it for nearly a year and the symptoms started out similiar to yours.

All our best!

A.

Please make your pediatrician continue to check her urine. She might have a bladder infection and that can be very serious if it goes untreated.

My daughter had recurring fevers around the age of one (she's 18 months now) with no other symptoms. The doc had tested her urine once before because I told him I had a history of UTI and bladder infections -- but it did not show anything.

The fevers kept coming and going every month or so and then finally during one episode she spiked to 104 degrees. We took her to the ER where they did NOT test her blood or urine, but looked briefly in her mouth and said there were blisters. So she was (mis?)diagnosed with Coxsackie Virus. We were told to go home and wait it out as there was no treatment.

A few days later she was STILL feverish and getting lethargic. I took her to the pediatrician and they tested her urine again. THIS time it showed an infection. However, it was so bad by that time that they sent us straight to Children's Mercy! She had an E-Coli infection that started in her bladder and spread to her bloodstream.

It took four days of IV antibiotics just to get her fever down. They finally let us go home after she was fever-free for 24 hours - and then we had another 10 days of oral antibiotics to deal with.

So PLEASE keep checking her urine. It's not uncommon with baby girls and a fever with no other symptoms is often the only sign. The tests they do in the pediatricians office are not the most accurate and sometimes an infection does not show up right away. If she becomes lethargic or starts vomiting, take her in immediately.

Good luck!!

My niece just went through this, had my sister scared to death and now she is fine.

YES!! My son is 11 and had the same problem. He was diagnosed with Mononucleosis!! A child can have it as young as 3 years old. My son's white cells, monocytes, and liver enzymes are severly elevated. He has been out of school since Nov. 11th and cannot go back until after the New Year. His liver and spleen are swollen and any hit in the abdomen could possibly cause rupture according to his Pediatrician. Your doctor should also order a strep test. It is common to have strep at the same time. Symptoms: very tired, sore throat, headache, stomache ache, and more. I recommend calling your son's doctor for an appointment. Good Luck!
J., mom of 9 Year old twin girls and an 11 year old son.

To give you a little peace, All of my kids have gone through what I call fever viruses....no symptoms except for a fever. These viruses have sometimes lasted 7+ days.

The flip side...I would say that if you daughter doesn't get better in a couple more days then you definitely need to get her into another dr. Then I would think something else is going on.

Hope all works out!
J. (mom of 4)

Do you think she's teething? My daughter runs a fever for a while when getting a new tooth or teeth. She had one for about a week when getting her eye teeth. I'd say just keep an eye on it and make sure no other symptoms develop. I don't think it's anything to worry about since it's pretty low. (Just fyi- Emme's average fever is usually 103.6- 104.8 and her doctor hasn't seemed concerned simply because she's got no other symptoms.) Hope this helps!

Hi, I have six children ages-14, 13, 11, 10, 8 and 6, three boys and three girls. I do not think we can be paranoid when it comes to our kids. If Mom feels there is something wrong there is usually something wrong. When my youngest boy (the 8 year old) was 6 he had some symptoms that at first seemed to be a virus. He was tested for mono, and a complete blood count was run. He continued to get worse and we took him to the E.R. one evening. One look at him and they had him in a bed and were starting I.V.'s. He is a type one diabetic and his sugar count was 990! Should have been no higher then 120. They could not believe he was not in a coma, he was barely functioning, but he was still awake. It wasn't until later that they told us another 2 hours and they may not have been able to save him.

Okay, I know I have gone on and on, but all of that to say don't let it go. Find out what is wrong and I don't mean to try and scare you but with an elevated white cell count and fevers for no apparent reason the first test I would have them run is one to check for Leukemia. As I said I don't mean to scare you, but I know fevers and elevated white cell count are the first symptoms of Leukemia. I personally would want to find out what is going on in order to be able to do something about it. For me not knowing would be worse then knowing, no matter how bad it might be.

Good luck and God bless!
I will say a prayer for you and your daughter. In fact I will pray right now.

Dear Lord,
I just want to lift S. and her daughter up to You right now. I ask that You would give S. and her husband the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to make the Dr.'s find out what is going on with their little girl. I know Dr.s sometimes think we mothers are paranoid and just look for something to be wrong, but that is very seldom true. I just ask that You would guide the Dr. and give him wisdom and a determination to find out what is going on and help this little girl. Father I also ask that You would give this family a peace that no matter what they have to deal with they will be able to do so. In Jesus name, Amen

Dione (wife to my high school sweet heart and best friend Bill, and homeschooling Mom to my 6 beautiful and bright kids)

could she be teething? my son just turned 15 months, had the same fever for a few days, and was cutting his one year molar. I'm a first time mom, and not one to give advice, but just going through this with my son it's fresh on my mind. we gave him tylenol to control the fever and waited it out. hope this helps!

My daughter had the same thing when she was about 8months. The doctors ran every test they could think of and nothing. She had it for about a week, then suddenly she was better. Just make sure you keep her fully hydrated. I hope she gets better soon!

It might seem odd, but have you tried a strep test? Just last month my son had a high fever for 5 days with no other real prominent symptoms except he started getting a rash on his torso. The fever started on a Wednesday night and I didn't think anything of it at first. The rash started on Friday but by then it was to late to have a doctor check it out. By Monday the fever had broke and the rash was starting to fade but I kept the doctor appointment anyway and found out he had scarlet fever! My son has a high pain tolerance and never even mentioned his throat hurting. Scarlet fever develops from strep throat and I would assume the symptoms would keep reoccurring if antibiotics were never given to clear it up.

my sister and i both work with children and i know we have had a virus that has been going around. The virus is only a high fever with no other symptoms, my daughter has had this also. It usually lasts for 7-10 days. my daughter responded well to fever reducing medicine. i also kept her well hydrated and she has done well with it. i hope this helps with everything.

I would take her to another doctor. I would be worried about my child having a fever like that as wel. Maybe there's something your first doctor is overlooking and in any case a second opinion is never a bad thing.

I live in southwest OK and we have something going around here that is got my 2 year old son down. He finally broke his fever last night, but only after it had been 105 that morning. He had been running over 100 since Wednesday. He had other symptoms with it though- earache, eye cold, congestion, etc... The doctor said it was a severe sinus infection on the left side of his face. However, the little girl he plays with had the same thing, so I am questioning sinus infection only. If there are no other symptoms though, I might question it a little more. Hope it gets better soon. I know it is a nightmare to have sick kiddos.

S.,

Not sure if it's the same thing or not, but when my son was 11 months old he ran a feever of 103 fever for three days. Then after his fever broke, he got a rash all over his body. I called the doctor and he told me that my son had Roseola. My doctor said almost every kid will get it before they get into kindergarten. According to the doctor there isn't any medicine they can have, it's just something that has to run it's course. Like I said, not sure if this is what you child has. Hope this helped and I hope you daughter gets to feeling better.

Its not usual for the fever to last that long, but have you thought of teething...? Ella always ran a fever with her teeth, but it was usually just a day or two. That would explain the lab results too... elevated WBC is the bodies attempt to prevent an infection and when skin is breaking or swelling is induced anywhere, the body kicks up the white cells to make sure that everything goes right. I don't know if it's a possibility but if teeth show up each time it happens that may be the only symptom of teething she has. If her temp gets up to 104 or her symptoms last for more than a week then you should see the doc again, otherwise try not to worry...! :)

My oldest daughter (8) just had this the week before Thanksgiving. It started on Monday and lasted through Friday. She had no other symptoms. She would get high fevers, the highest was 103/104 (in the ear). When we gave her medicine, she would go back to normal, but in the last hour, before her next dose of medicine, she would spike back up real high again. Finally, on Thursday night, we could tell the fever was finally breaking because she was sweating really bad. Good Luck.

If she's had vaccinations lately fever can be a side effect of them.

Is she teething? My son has started to get fevers when his molars come in.

Two episodes of such fever aren't really indicative of what my daughter had - Periodic Fever Syndrome - but if it continues you might ask your doctor to look into it. The syndrome creates high fevers every 10 to 14 days or intermittently with no other symptoms. For us it continued to happen for a year to a year and a half with great frequency before finally declining in frequency and ending. There were no long-lasting effects ... children grow out of this but it can be tough. They used a steroid to stop the high fever after confirming there was nothing else causing them. My daughter was a bit older, maybe more like 2 1/2, when it started and her fevers consistently hit 104-105. ... Just a thought. Nothing to panic about.

Sweetie, paranoid is the sign of a good mom. You have every right to be freaking out. I know I would be.

I wish I had some great words of encouragement and could say don't worry. But I think you need to keep on the doctors until they figure it out. This is NOT a time to be passive.

S.

If you're still concerned you should maybe take her to another doctor. Ask a friend or a co-worker for a referal or take her to a walk-in clinic. Hope she gets better soon. C.

S.,
My son ran a fever of almost 104 off and on for a week when he cut his first molars, which is around 1. Look and see if she has new teeth coming in. Good Luck..

I have actually had two of the 3 of my girls have the same symptoms. One of them ran fever for 7 days and it ended up being a double ear infection. She was put on Amoxicillian and relapsed and had to be put on Augmentin. Finally getting better after 10 days! The other daughter just started running fever (102 degrees) and I took her in thinking it was her ears and they think it is a sinus infections since she has been very congested for over a week. Both were given antibiotics. Hope that helps - I think this bacteria is going around and it just depends on how each child ends up reacting to it.

Hi S.,

I have 4 children and with each one of them the each act a different way when they get sick for instance

My 6 year old since he was a newborn he would spike a high fever of about 104 degrees. I would give him tylenol and motrin.

So my advice to you monitor her fever, keep her well hydrated, alternate between tylenol and motrin as needed.

The first time I took my son he was 4 weeks old, he had a 103 fever. I took him and they said he had a viral infection. When he was like 8 months samething they told me it's a viral infection. By the time this happened I learned to just treat it my self. And then when I couldn't fix it call the Dr or if other symptoms surfaced.

Hope this helps
Oh and here is my word of advice Asses the situation, treat the symptoms that show up and when all of this doesn't work then poop your pants..:)

Wow if the doctor doesn't know that has to be frustrating. When I think fever I always wonder too about cutting a tooth or ear infection when everything else is ruled out.
D.