So my son has been sick all week-- strep. He had a fever starting Sunday evening late. Monday and Tuesday we stayed in. He has a fever in the morning, but once he has had medicine he is happy and running wild as always. Wednesday and Thursday we've done limited errands: grocery store, drop off a package. A friend of mine is in town for the first time in many years and wanted to do lunch. We scheduled it for Friday to give him maximum time to feel better. This morning he woke up with a fever. It surprised me because he had a good day yesterday and I expected him to feel much better today. He has had medicine and now he is running wild as usual. I think he would be fine at lunch. But I am afraid it would it be wrong to take him out for the sake of other people, although since I'd be with him and he would be restrained in a stroller/high chair he wouldn't have much access to strangers and especially not children. For some reason, Walmart seems necessary/ok, but lunch seems wrong to me.
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I usually don't take LO out if she has a fever. But I get that you want to see your friend. Is there a way y'all could do lunch at your house? I would be worried about putting him in a high chair then exposing the next kid that uses that chair to his germs. Maybe it would be ok if you could keep him in the stroller the entire time?
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If he's been on antibiotics for strep, he shouldn't be contagious after 24 hours, right? Maybe I"m wrong about that, but I feel like that's what our doctor told us.
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Do you think it's still contagious?
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@lawbee11: sadly, she is staying a little while from where I live so we were both going to drive to meet in the middle. The driving part I don't mind too much because he can just snooze in the car. I agree about the high chair. I guess one option would be to feed him in his stroller. So annoying, I am starting to wonder if he needs to be on another antibiotic instead of this one, since it hasn't helped much yet! He's been on it for four days....!
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@Mrs. Blue: @looch: no clue...I thought you're always contagious if you have a fever, so I assume yes?
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I am with Mrs. Blue, I would think by now he isn't contagious.
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@Mrs. Blue: well, ok this article does say that about the 24 hour thing...
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/tc/strep-throat-treatment-overview
But then why a fever?
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Well, if he has a fever, I wouldn't bring him out.
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@Mrs. Blue: when you dealt with strep, did you opt for the shot or the oral? We chose the oral.
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Talked to the doc, she said it could be the strep had developed on top of something else like a viral infection. So I canceled. Sucky day!
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