For the past 4 or 5 months, Ty has been running a fever off and on. No other symptoms, no pain anywhere, just a fever. It generally is normal in the morning and starts going up around dinner time or a little after. It usually lasts about 4 days, and comes back somewhere between 10 days to 3 weeks. We have taken him to Dr. Parmer, his pediatrician, with it twice. The first time, he ran an x-ray looking for a sinus infection, but all was clear, and he didn't see anything else visibly wrong. The last time, he told me to just keep a record and watch it for a little while and let's try to figure out if there is a pattern or noticeable trigger. So that's what we have been doing.
I got to thinking, he had a coil put in the artery going to his heart last year, and I wondered if there might be an infection or something going on there. So I asked Dr. P about it and he told me to go ahead and call the cardiologist just to make sure.
Fast forward to this morning. We went to see Dr. Israel, the ped cardiologist. Thankfully, he said everything looked good. The coil is in there like it should be; there are no visible problems; and if there was an infection of the heart, the fever would be constant, not come and go. So I feel a lot better about that.
Now if we could just figure out what's causing these doggone fevers.
While we're on the subject of the cardiologist, let me say that I love Dr. Israel's office. I have never been in a doctor's office where you get in and out so quickly. I have never seen anyone in his office staff-wise other than him and his receptionist. He doesn't book 3 or 4 patients for the same time slot. This morning we were in and out in less than 30 minutes. We sat in the waiting room for about 10 or 15, and then were in the back for about 10. It's great. He calls you back himself, does whatever it is he is going to do, and you leave. If only you could get in and out of other offices that fast!
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