Fever Update

I took Grayson back to the pediatrician again today.  He's been having a few more lower temperatures  so we were thinking he might be improving.  However, last night it was up to 100.9F.  Brian went with us this time so he could also talk to Dr. Huss.  Grayson has now had a fever for over 5 weeks so we really wanted an action plan.

Grayson's ears were still clear so we quickly ruled out another ear infection.  Also, Grayson hasn't had any cold like symptoms in a few weeks (no one in our house has been sick either).  Dr. Huss decided to do a blood count which would help us rule out some of the extremely unlikely causes (like cancer) and maybe give us a clue as to what's going on.

Grayson's white blood cell count is great so we ruled out the scary stuff.  Dr. Huss explained two other numbers to us (which I can't remember now).  One tends to be high if there is a bacterial infection and another tends to be high if there is a viral infection.  The viral infection indicator was very high and the bacterial one was normal.

So ... it appears Grayson is still fighting a viral infection that we are just going to have to let run it's course.  Dr. Huss doesn't expect it to last too much longer but that's just a guess.  If Grayson's fever starts getting in the 101 to 102F range, then we'll need to bring him back in right away.  Otherwise, we'll just give it another few weeks.