I too, cannot understand why a pediatrician isn't capable of telling a parent that "it could be" Roseola, or say " If a rash follows after the fever, then it could be Roseola." Especially after doing EVERYTHING a parent can do. We took our 15 month old daughter to the Pediatricians after 2 days of a fever running anywhere between 99-101 degrees. Even after giving her Children's Tylenol and alternating with Ibuprofen as recommended, her fever would not go down.They checked her ears, nose, mouth, throat (swabs), then listened to her lungs and...nothing- All tests were negative. They couldn't find anything. The Pediatrician asked that we bring our baby back IF her temperature reaches 102. On day 3, she was so weak and lethargic, that my husband and I were becoming more concerned by the hour. We pushed her to drink fluids to stay hydrated and all she wanted to do was sleep. Day 4, her temperature reached 102, it was the weekend, and we knew that we would need to go WAIT HOURS at the ER. We gave her a luke warm bath, more medicine and her temperature did go back down to 100. Then later that day her temperature reached "HIGH" the thermometer wouldn't read over 106 degrees. We rushed her to the ER. They checked EVERYTHING, Xray, urine, blood, ears, nose, throat- After being at the hospital for 6 hours, the tests ALL came back NEGATIVE, her lungs looked fine too. As a parent, to watch hopital staffs handle a baby to help her, while she screams at the top of her lungs is so hard and sad. We went home and continued to give her medicine and STILL, her fever went up. Day 5, my husband and I didn't know what else to do. We knew her body was fighting something- we just didn't know what... My mother-in -law told me about Roseola, and thought it could be it, and said we wouldn't be able to know until it's DONE, after the rash comes, IF it is Roseola. I called the Pediatricians early Monday morning to tell them about our ER visit and to let them know she ran a fever of 100-101 after 6 days and wanted to see the Dr. again but "they had no opening". I would have to wait for her temperature to be 102 to do anything or to rush her to the ER. However, around noon, while giving my baby a bath, I noticed a rash (little pink-ish dots) on her chest and neck and I KNEW my mother in law had to be right! I Googled Roseola and was HAPPY to see the rash!! Our daughter's fever literally went away 1 hour after her rash appeared. I called the Dr. to let them know that it must have been Roseola because her fever is gone AND a rash is on her chest and neck. The nurse responded (with an attitude) "Roseola is just a rash that shows up after a high fever..just give her Benadryl, and it will go away." I wanted to scream at her, I wanted to tell her that she didn't know what she was talking about and that Dr. should have mentioned it to us knowing this is the common age children have Roseola. I'm not a Dr. --however, if my patient was 15 months old, healthy, then had a high fever, and my staff and I couldn't figure out why... I would tell the parents about Roseola and give then a little piece of mind. This was the most exhausting 6 days, and I'm happy to say our little girl is now smiling and playing again.
Needless to say, we are looking for a new Pediatrician. I hope other parents can learn about this BEFORE the rash appears :-)
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I too, cannot understand why a pediatrician isn't capable of telling a parent that "it could be" Roseola, or say " If a rash follows after the fever, then it could be Roseola." Especially after doing EVERYTHING a parent can do. We took our 15 month old daughter to the Pediatricians after 2 days of a fever running anywhere between 99-101 degrees. Even after giving her Children's Tylenol and alternating with Ibuprofen as recommended, her fever would not go down.They checked her ears, nose, mouth, throat (swabs), then listened to her lungs and...nothing- All tests were negative. They couldn't find anything. The Pediatrician asked that we bring our baby back IF her temperature reaches 102. On day 3, she was so weak and lethargic, that my husband and I were becoming more concerned by the hour. We pushed her to drink fluids to stay hydrated and all she wanted to do was sleep. Day 4, her temperature reached 102, it was the weekend, and we knew that we would need to go WAIT HOURS at the ER. We gave her a luke warm bath, more medicine and her temperature did go back down to 100. Then later that day her temperature reached "HIGH" the thermometer wouldn't read over 106 degrees. We rushed her to the ER. They checked EVERYTHING, Xray, urine, blood, ears, nose, throat- After being at the hospital for 6 hours, the tests ALL came back NEGATIVE, her lungs looked fine too. As a parent, to watch hopital staffs handle a baby to help her, while she screams at the top of her lungs is so hard and sad. We went home and continued to give her medicine and STILL, her fever went up. Day 5, my husband and I didn't know what else to do. We knew her body was fighting something- we just didn't know what... My mother-in -law told me about Roseola, and thought it could be it, and said we wouldn't be able to know until it's DONE, after the rash comes, IF it is Roseola. I called the Pediatricians early Monday morning to tell them about our ER visit and to let them know she ran a fever of 100-101 after 6 days and wanted to see the Dr. again but "they had no opening". I would have to wait for her temperature to be 102 to do anything or to rush her to the ER. However, around noon, while giving my baby a bath, I noticed a rash (little pink-ish dots) on her chest and neck and I KNEW my mother in law had to be right! I Googled Roseola and was HAPPY to see the rash!! Our daughter's fever literally went away 1 hour after her rash appeared. I called the Dr. to let them know that it must have been Roseola because her fever is gone AND a rash is on her chest and neck. The nurse responded (with an attitude) "Roseola is just a rash that shows up after a high fever..just give her Benadryl, and it will go away." I wanted to scream at her, I wanted to tell her that she didn't know what she was talking about and that Dr. should have mentioned it to us knowing this is the common age children have Roseola. I'm not a Dr. --however, if my patient was 15 months old, healthy, then had a high fever, and my staff and I couldn't figure out why... I would tell the parents about Roseola and give then a little piece of mind. This was the most exhausting 6 days, and I'm happy to say our little girl is now smiling and playing again.
June 4, 2012 - 11:17amNeedless to say, we are looking for a new Pediatrician. I hope other parents can learn about this BEFORE the rash appears :-)
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