Starlet was supposed to move in to college today. Yesterday afternoon, he started coming down with he sniffles. Last night, he developed a fever. This morning, he tested positive for covid, and the school said he had to wait until he was symptom free for 24 hours. We all thought it was a huge bummer, since this would have been his first time ever starting at a new school on the same day as other kids. This afternoon, I went to get him some medicine, and I had difficulty waking him. His fever was 104.5. I called the doctor, who said to get him to urgent care immediately. The whole way over, he was falling in and out of consciousness. He kept apologizing for being sick, and promising to try harder. He was talking about things that never happened. Then he would get a bit more clarity, realize he was talking gibberish, and apologize again. Urgent care was going to send us to the ER, but his fever broke while we were there. Dropped down to 102.5, and he started making sense again.
It’s been a few hours now, and his fever is continuing to go down. We got some more medicine to help him get through things faster. I have never been that scared in my life. It’s hard to tell sometimes with him, whether he is seriously ill or not. He has a low tolerance for being mildly uncomfortable, and a high tolerance for severe pain, so he can be difficult to gauge by behavior. But I have never seen a temperature go that high before. I’m still reeling from the terror of it.
@Ninjastar when my fever goes over 104, in addition to taking Tylenol (acetaminophen),
I get in a bath with room temperature water. It matches the inside of my wrist when I’m not feverish.
I do this instead of ice because ice is too shocking. Even room temperature water feels super cold and is like torture, but for me it brings down my fever quickly.
While in the tub I use a washcloth and get it wet and put it on my forehead and neck, repeatedly getting fresh water.
