Damien's body felt quite warm to the touch in the late afternoon and checked that he had a temp of 39 degree so we fed him panadol and put cooling pad on his forehead.
He was still in his normal self and milk appetite not affected.
His fever spiked in wee hours- 3-4am when we checked on him. Highest reading was 39.7degree. It scared the wits out of us as Dillion never had that high temperature.
We deliberated for long time whether to send him to hospital. We kept sponging him till we managed to bring it down to 38 degree.
30 Sep, Thurs
We brought him to the PD as his temp was still around 39degree. Dr Oh exclaimed that its not a good thing if his temp ever crossed 39degree for his age. So a urine test was done in the clinic.
Thank god it was Viral Fever and not UTI.
Damien was so cranky and did not have much appetite for every milk feed. We can sense his discomfort as he cried most of the time so 3 of us- Me,Kevin and MIL had to carry him through out the day.
Feeding medicine was a chore! So unlike Dillion. Spoon / syringe feed became a messy event as he often spit them out. And we could not add to his milk feed as he always can't finish the milk.
Fever spike again in middle of night to almost 40 degree. We sponged and changed his fever pad every hour.
1 Oct, Fri
Fever came down to 38 deg in the morning. Some kind relative told us to mould the flour into a dough to place on his forehead.. seem like the dough is able to absorb the heat.
I usually don't believe sucha crap but that when one is desperate, you have no choice but to try
The PD suggested to get a water cushion to cool his body so I frantically search for one yesterday and managed to find it at a shop in TPY. But could only find water pillow (pillow filled with water instead of feathr).
Fever finally broke in the afternoon as correctly predicted by my PD. We still fed him medicine till he was finally delcared fever-free in wee hours of Saturday!
Some thoughts..
~ stock up on cooling fever pad. We used up almost 5 boxes as we changed every few hours. They were quite useful for infants and babies since they won't take it out on their own
~ Fed paracetamol regularly even in the middle of night. 4 hourly for high grade fever like 39 deg or 6 hr for lower grade. Babies below 6 months can't take Brufen.
~ Water cushion/pillow which only cost $2+ was very effective! It helps to keep their body cool.
~ Not to force feed them with milk if they can't drink as may cause them to vomit more.
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