Maternal instinct vs anxiety
This all started with my 2 1/2 year old son came down with an ear & throat infection. 2 days into the antibiotic, his fever rose to around 101 degrees, then it came down a bit to rest at 100.6. My son has had a fever of about 100.6 for almost 10 days now. I've been to the pediatrician several times. 1 Dr in the practice thinks I should stop taking his temp. He says if he is behaving normally, then nothing is wrong. The other Dr in the practice ordered blood work and a chest xray. Last Sunday, we went for blood work and a chest xray. The xray came back negative and the nurse called to say that the blood work was fine, that the Dr. thinks it was a small virus. I didn't actually get to talk to the Dr. myself, before he took off for the Jewish holidays. It's Wednesday today and I took his temp. and it read 99.2 degrees. On the one hand I am so relieved to see that it went down, but on the other hand I'm still worried that something might still be wrong. He's sleeping fine, playing & drinking, although his appetite is low today. All this time, I've been going with my maternal instinct that says that a fever is a sign that something is wrong. Now that his fever is lower, is it my problem with anxiety or my maternal instinct that says something may still be wrong? My Mom says I'm dwelling too much on this. I think she's right, I'm having difficulty thinking about anything else. I'm so conflicted. I keep asking myself, what about this situation is scaring me? I'm afraid of missing something important. This is the 1st time he's been this sick and needed antibiotics. Any Mom's with advice?
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I can understand your concern and I'd be the same way if it were my son, who by the way, is also 2 1/2. I hope your son is better. Keep us posted. And I think it was a mothers instinct, not anxiety. My son has never had a fever more than 5 days and I thought that was a long time. I hope your little man is better by now.
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