The flu has hit our little community with a vengence. About 1/4 of the students are absent from our schools at any given time. We assume it's H1N1 because many of our...
I have an almost 18 month old son. He woke up yesterday with a snotty/runny nose and coughing. He was very tired yesterday and very whiney. I don't know if it could b...
Okay my nurse and mommy friends. "K" still has swollen nodules on the side of her throat. She is on K-Flex but still running a good fever. She had shakes so hard I th...
How important is it to get a correct diagnosis for something (scary) if it can be treated the same for something else (less scary).
For example (made up to illustr...
I know that sometimes certain 'touchy' taboo topics are brought up on this site and I am definitely NOT looking for a debate or an all out war over this so please tak...
My oldest is running a high temp of 104.3 I have called the doctor office and have done what they said and it's not coming down hardly only to 104.1. My mom is pick...
My daughter had the FluMist vaccine yesterday (the live virus nasal spray) and is feeling really crummy afterward (103 fever, chills, tiredness etc--a "mini" flu). M...
My 13 months old has had the flu now for 4 days. When or if do I take him in? Can they do anything? Started Monday - he was very fussy and up all night crying, drank ...
My 5 year old daughter had a slight fever yesterday morning so I kept her home from school. It was 99.5 at 6:45am taken under her arm, so not very high. Gave her some...
I feel like there are a lot of conflicting opinions online regarding giving tylenol/motrin for a fever or leaving it alone letting it "do its job." I have friends wh...
