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of 23 Thread Starter  So this afternoon, my youngest who's 2
1/2, started to get quiet, and whinny. DH and I knew he wasn't
feeling good, and spent a lot of the rest of the day cuddling
with him. He started to feel warm around 3pm or so, but I just
kept pushing the water, and Emer'genC, I wanted his body to do
what it needed to do(Ialso gave him 2 vit C chewables). But by
this evening, he started to feel pretty hot, and a bit
lethargic, so I decided to take his temp. It was 103, but very
close to 104, so I would call it 103.7 or 8. This is from an old
fashioned rectal thermometer, so very accurate. My DH was right
there to help distract him, and when I said what it was, he
almost fell off his chair. He freaked out, and said "we got to
give him something, that is way to high!!" I was very calm, and
said nothing at first, trying to r