We had to make our first weekend visit to Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Immediate Care Clinic (what a mouthful!) this weekend. Claire had a little bit of a fever on Friday but was otherwise in a pretty good mood, so the nurse line at her pediatrician said to give her Tylenol, keep an eye on her, and if it got worse Friday evening or over the weekend that we should take her to Children's. She was doing pretty well until around noon on Saturday, when I took her temperature (which she hates!) and it was 101.8. I decided enough was enough, she had the temperature long enough, and she was acting like she was feeling really badly, so I took her in to Childrens. In the hour between the time I took her temperature at home, and when they took her temperature there, it had risen to 104.5.
The doctors ran urine, blood, strep, and flu tests, and all came back negative, so she was diagnosed with a virus, and discharged with instructions for Tylenol, Motrin, and lots of TLC. The doctor also okay'ed us to take her to Stone Mountain for the laser show, as there's really nothing that can be done for a virus. We also found out that Claire was only weighing in at 15lbs 4oz, which surprised me a little bit, I figured she would have put on more than 6oz since her 7 month visit, but she hadn't. She is still growing though, so I'm not very concerned, and the child eats like a champ. We'll see if her pediatrician has anything to say about it on Friday.
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