Whenever Sawyer starts taking his temperature on his own, we know that something might be up. He is pretty good about self-monitoring himself for fevers. About 11pm last night Sawyer started checking his temp and it varied between 100 and 101.5, but most of his readings were in the 100.3 - 100.5 range. Since 100.5 is the magic number for a trip to the ER, we called the on-call physician who reported that unless Sawyer's temperature is consistently above 100.5, we should bring him in. this was not the case so we went to bed. This morning his temperature again seemed to vary wildly. Using the temporal thermometer, his temperature was about 99, but using an oral thermometer, it was over 102. Again we called the on-call who said to bring him in to the Strong ER. Laurie was planning on taking a hiking trip to Vermont with several friends but was understandably uncomfortable leaving with Sawyer on his way to the ER. Therefore, instead of heading for Vermont right now, she is at the Strong ER where Sawyer's temp is 100.5 and he will be receiving antibiotics.
Even Sawyer was ready to go this morning. Last night he seemed annoyed at the thought of another trip to Rochester, but this morning he not only agreed that a trip was in order, but within ten minutes he was packed and ready to go. He said he could feel that something wasn't quite right due to muscle soreness and stiffness in his shoulders and arms. While this could be due to the shingles, he was glad to hear we were heading for Strong.
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