I woke up at 2 in the morning with a feverish baby. I knew right away that this fever wasn't caused by a virus or by molar teeth coming in. It was just too high (above 102 degrees). So I did the usual, got the baby's clothes off and gave him fever reducing medicine. The next morning the baby was still very feverish and cranky. I decided to head to urgent care late in the evening.
The doctor did her thing. She checked his ears, his throat, his stomach. But she couldn't find anything, or at least that's what she said. So she sent me back home with a feverish baby. She told me to monitor him and to bring him back if the fevers continued after a couple of days.
The fever continued. The sleepless nights also continued, along with a very unhappy baby. Two days later I went back to the doctor. A male doctor examined him this time. He finally found that his right ear had an infection. What a relief! At least I knew what was causing his fevers. He prescribed the usual antibiotics.
What I want to know is, did that lady doctor see the beginnings of an infection and ignore it thinking it would go away on its own? I know doctors don't like prescribing antibiotics too much for fear that they will eventually lose their ability to cure infections. But I knew there was an infection somewhere. The high fevers tell you that the body is fighting off an infection. Why did they make me go back to the doctor? And most importantly, why did they let my baby suffer without treatment?
