Matthew got his second dose of diuretic yesterday at 3:30p. He wasn’t running a fever at that time but he was still within 4 hours of his previous dose of Tylenol. By 5:30p his fever was 100.5, and by 6:30p it was 101.3. He got another dose of Tylenol and his temperature dropped to a low of 100.7. He spent the afternoon and evening fussy, screaming or asleep.
We have been cautious to use Motrin (although it has always worked better for fevers on our kids) because it is harder on Matthew’s one kidney, which we are already taxing with the diuretic. But when we awoke to Matthew screaming at 1am, again at 2am and then at 2:45am, we knew it was time to try it. Thankfully Motrin did the trick. Matthew’s fever broke and he fell asleep for a beautiful 4 hours. Since waking, Matthew has been a little lower key than usual, but he’s not crying. A big improvement from yesterday!
We still don’t know if Matthew has an illness (all tests point to negative so far) or if this is a reaction to the meds. Whichever it is, we need him to be fever, cough and congestion free at 6am on Monday morning otherwise we’ll have to reschedule the heart catheterization. I’m sure everyone knows how much we don’t want that to happen. Thank you for continued prayers for our sweet baby Matthew!
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