Since my mum only has a few more days left on her visit, she has volunteered to feed Sadbh throughout the night, allowing her to spend as much time as possible with her granddaughter.
Around 1am on Wednesday morning, my mum and the nurse alerted us that Sadbh had a high temperature of 102.3 degrees, and her heart rate was 195. After feeding and giving her Tylenol, her temperature came down, as did her heart rate. Our night nurse is great and was able to keep a close eye on Sadbh's condition throughout the night.
Unfortunately, at 6am when we took over from the night nurse, Sadbh's temperature was back up. By 7am, when we are able to give Sadbh more Tylenol, her temperature was back up to 101.1 and her heart rate was at 188.
Within thirty minutes, her temperature and heart rate was back down, and as soon as her pediatrician's office was open, we called to make an appointment.
Fortunately, Dr. Bowe had an opening and was able to see Sadbh straight away.
At this stage, her temperature was good, as was her other vitals. He checked her respiratory rate, lungs, heart rate and also examined her ears for a possible ear infection and determined that there was no concern there and that everything else also looked good.
Throughout the examination, she was full of smiles and kept flirting with her doc.
He increased her Tylenol dosage from .6ml every 6 hours to .8ml every 4 hours, and instructed us to let him know if the high temperature persisted over the next three days.
We kept a close eye on her vitals for the rest of the day and everything seemed to remain stable.
Later in the day, Sadbh and her cousins went on a nice walk up to the playground in Madrona, and while Josh and Sadbh got to snooze and hang out with their parents, Conor got to spend time on the slides and swings.
A good time was had by all.
By 10pm, when the new night nurse arrived, Sadbh's temperature and other vitals remained stable, so we are confident that whatever it was, had already passed.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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