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Keeps getting chucked out of nursery due to high temp?
My 20 month old goes to nursery 3x a week which is enough for both us parents to work full time without the need for babysitters. However, since October last year when he was misdiagnosed for 3 months (GP said it was a simple chest infection, private doctor diagnosed as pneumonia - yes, still a chest infection, but more serious) he does get moderately ill as he has a weakened immune system. Mostly this means a runny nose but he does get a high temperature which usually comes straight down with Calpol, and he's not really ill at all. However, the nursery phone us up to collect him every time this happens. Both our employers have been tolerant of this but there comes a point, and that has been reached. Neither of us have any annual leave left so we can't just pick him up every time they, the nursery, being judge and jury (and acting doctor (not)), decide he has to go home. Not only that but we have to pay for any sessions he misses - they also insist on waiting 24 hours after a temperature before they'll accept him back again.
Two things here then: is the nursery right in doing this (probably so but I will check his temperature myself when I collect him in a minute)? Secondly the GP says he's fine, but I want him checked by a paediatricion - or is this being too melodramatic? It can't be right to need Calpol virtually on tap.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for any ideas, tips, suggestions.
Thanks for the 2 answers so far. He sees the GP probably about once a month at least so I worry that we're just being labelled as hypochondriacs. The GP says the infections are just the usual ones kids pick up at nursery (many carry and transmit without symptoms), it's just that he has a worse reaction than other kids to them because of his weakened immune system. So it's not really a case of infecting other kids, but more of a danger the other way around.
We're in the UK. His temperature today was 39c.
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
First, I would say to take him in to the doctor again and let the doctor know what is going on. No child should constantly run a fever and need to live on any type of fever reducing medication.
Second, childcare facilities in any state or country have laws to follow regarding temperatures with kids. I am not sure where you are from, but her in the US if the fever is over 100F, they have to go home until the fever is gone, so usually 24 to 48 hours, and sometimes they require a doctors note to return saying they have nothing more than a cold etc...
Seeming I understand how hard it is to have to leave work often due to a sick child, not as frequently s you I am guessing, but at least once a month for 5 months straight... I really would get another opinion as to what may be causing the fevers. There are many different things that can cause high fevers in children, and it is always better to be safe!
- BellaLv 71 decade ago
Temperatures just don't happen. They happen for a reason, ususally it's the body's response to infection. Infection can be contagious. Your nursery school has an obligation to all the other parents to make sure that sick kids are excluded from class. Sorry if this causes you to take more time off but there are rules that have to be followed. Just because medication brings the fever down, doesn't mean he's not contagious to other kids. His weak immune system could be putting all the other kids in jeapardy.