State of the Amy

[pne]

The doctor was there in the night, gave Amy a cursory checkup and said it looked to him like a viral infection. He prescribed some homœopathical drops against that and told me where the nearest chemist's on night duty was—a fair distance away in Kirchdorf. (The only one in Harburg that was on night duty last night was only open until 10 p.m.)

I called Thomas and he kindly agreed to drive me there; I suppose he knows what it's like to worry about little children, having two of his own. It took a while for the chemist to arrive, and I was worrying whether the doctor had given me information for the wrong day or whether the bell was working (since somebody had melted the plastic with a lighter a bit); turned out he had probably been sleeping, judging by his general composure. He filled the prescription and we went home. Stella gave Amy the drops and also some more ibupofen syrup to try to bring the fever down.

This morning, Stella says that Amy's temperature seems to be back to normal again: while last night, her limbs had been cold and her torso and head hot, this morning her feet were warm and her head was cooler again. So maybe we're over the worst.

Thank you all for your words of concern on my previous entries.

Edit: 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) this morning.

Comments

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

Back to normal. Very good.

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Glad she's doing better!

I can't believe a medical doctor prescribed a homeopathic medicine.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was a bit "Ooookay... I guess you're the doctor" and "You're sending me out into the night for homœopathy?" inside when he told me what it was he had prescribed.

I don't know. I think the stuff is bunk, but there are people who believe in it and who swear that it helps them, so I tend to think "go for it if that floats your boat, just don't expect to convince me" about the whole issue.

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

I think it's scientifically impossible for a homeopathic remedy to have any actual benefit.

I have a number of "mom friends" who swear by homeopathy, though. Their philosophy seems to be that they go with "what works," but I have no idea how they're determining that the "medicine" is actually doing any better than a sugar pill would.

[bride.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she's doing better.

As for the homeopathical drops, I guess it doesn't surprise me... I think that's what the influenza vaccines are.

[pleiades829.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I'm so glad she's doing better. I was really worried!

[musicus.livejournal.com]

oooohh, glad she is better now, but quite a thing! Hope she stays better and doesn't get such a fever again.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so do I.

She was running a fever again this afternoon, but not as high as before.

I hope this night will be better than last night.

[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that Amy's better.