But wouldn't you treat fevers with rotating motrin/tylenol? That's what we did with DS last year when he was 103.5 [mostly 104+] for 4 days. brought it down some... finally ended up in the ER because that wasn't bringing it down enough. It was a virus, no antibiotics... Fortunately, he snapped out of it right after that - the ONLY time he was under 103.5 was that slight time when the two meds overlapped and even then he was lethargic and not really responsive. That's how we've always treated fevers with all our kids but that one was the worst in length/temp.
None of our docs will give them if it's a virus [though i have had a couple 'proactive' rounds for one of us - like when it was borderline bronchitis for me - which i get 2-3xs per year - right before admitting DS to the hospital for surgery - and it worked, Mom needed to be healthy but normally we would have waited a bit longer to see if I could fight it off myself or if it was something else...]
Of course, I know antibiotics don't work on viruses so as soon as I know it's a virus, I know it's not an option and don't push for them...
