Just a quick rant tonight. Why in the hell do they even bother taking your kids temp at the Dr’s office when they are going to use one of the digital underarm devices with a rubber sleeve on it?! It NEVER reads right. It always displays a normal temperature. Connor’s temperature was 103.7 at 11:00 and we gave him Motrin and went to the Dr. The nurse checked his temp, and declared it normal. I said, “There is NO WAY that thing is reading accurately. His temp was 103 when I left the house. So she replied, “Well you said you gave him Motrin so that probably brought it down.” I said, “FEEL HIM, he’s burning up.” “I dunno” she said and walked out of the room. So when we got home from the Dr, his temp was 104.8. So his temp went from 103.7 to normal and then back up to 104.8?!
All Pedia Doc’s read the temp this way. It’s ridiculous. If it doesn’t show a super high temp like that, what does it take to register a temperature? I mean… WTF?! I understand that they don’t want to do a rectal each time, so fine, don’t… but why even waste my time and energy holding a child who states, “All DONE!” and tries to climb down from my lap as soon as she touches him with it. THIS IS SO STUPID. You people went to
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