Follow-up

Monday Ross had his follow-up visit with the pediatrician.  We don't know much more than we did before the ER visit.  They ruled out strep throat, but we still have not found the source of the fever. By the time the nurse came in his fever was up to 101.3.  At this point we just can't take a chance with any temperature.  We've been told it is not how high the fever gets that causes seizures, but how fast it spikes.  Once a child has a seizure he/she is more susceptible to them.   Dr. Pollary told us 80% of febrile seizures are due to fever.  One out of 20 children will have this kind of seizure and only one out of those 20 are likely to have another.   Febrile seizures are not totally uncommon in children between ages 1 and 2.  Ross is 2 1/2 and he has had 2 so now he is even more vulnerable to have them than if he had only had one.0  Our course of treatment at this point is to try and control the fever, which consists of alternating between tylenol and motrin every 3 hours and wetting his hair to help cool him off without giving him chills.  In two weeks he has to have a CT scan and an EEG to see if there is anything in his brain function that might be triggering the seizures.  Then another follow-up with the good doctor.  If the tests come back normal, then we proceed with fever control.  So, in my opinion we have to prevent fevers at all costs.  I guess I'm going to have to put him in a bubble.  On the bright side, when his fever is down, Ross is the happy go lucky little munchkin we all love and adore.