High Fever of 39 - 40c

Baby was down with high fever a day after our trip back to Johor.

The fever came suddenly when baby woke up early in the morning.

7 December 2010
8:30am - Baby was a bit heaty but she remains cheerful and plays well.

11:00am - Baby's temperature goes up to 39c. She was given a dose of 3ml PCM.

2:30pm - Baby's temperature remains high. She was given a dose of Veron.

4:00pm - Veron takes effect. Baby's temperature finally subside.

6:30pm - Baby's temperature rise again. Veron which is supposed to work for 6-8 hours had failed.

7:30pm - Baby was brought to the child specialist. Her temperature reaches 40.5c and she was given another dose of Veron. Doctor diagnosed baby as having viral infection.

10:30pm - Baby's temperature remains at 38c level. She was given a dose of 3ml PCM.


8 December 2010
3:30am - Baby's temperature rosed to 39c again! She was given a dose of 3ml PCM however both me and hubby started to get panic and decided to sent baby to the Hospital.

4:15am - Reached hospital and baby's temperature remains at 39.4c. Doctor at the emergency ward gave her another dose of Veron.

This time, the medication finally succeed in lowering baby's temperature and she managed to sleep well throughout the journey back home until the next morning.

We will need to send baby back to the hospital for blood test if the fever boils up again. Pray hard that baby will recover soon.

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Advise on the use of Veron.
 - Max tablet per day = 3 (use one at 8 hours interval when necessary)
 - If fever strikes before 8 hours time, use liquid PCM instead  and only use Veron 4 hours after liquid PCM.
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Updates 1:

Baby sleeps through the whole morning. The last dose of veron works for 8.5 hours and high fever of 39c strikes again around 1 noon. She vomited half way through her milk intake and had smelly, black poo.

1:30pm : Another dose of Veron is given to baby. Baby is weak as she had only consume water and some soup for the whole day. Her body is slightly colder than normal temperature.

9:30pm : Baby encounter slight feverish at around 38.3c.

10:30pm: A dose of 3ml PCM was given as baby is refusing Veron. She don't even allowed me to touch her diapers and clean her buttock.

9 December 2010
1:30am : Temperature check - hoovering around 37.8c to 38c.

7:30am: Temperature check - hoovering around 37.8c to 38c. Baby given a dose of 3ml PCM.

Although baby is not fully recovered, the improvement makes everyone felt relief.
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Updates 2:

Baby is finally recovered from fever. However, she is still bloated and vomitted during her afternoon milk.

She is still eating very little and is reluctant to sleep at night.

She is having nightmare for the past few nights where she screams her lungs out and kicking hard for at least 10 minutes.