My Baby is 8months old. She underwent craniosynostosis (trigonocephaly)surgery 10days ago. And she started getting fever on the 3rd day after surgery. she gets it almost 4 to 5 times a day.Surgeons and the pediatricians at the hospital did all possible tests to see if she is infected with all possible common infections (including the spinal tap fluid test which came out with no infection and the count of white blood cells were just perfect. And other routine tests like blood test, ear, throat, urine, etc.. everything came out negative. They sent us back home stating that the fever is because of the inflammation after surgery. and they prescribed the tylenol and motrin for fever which should be continued till the fever reduces. Is it common to have fever for so long after surgery and my concern is for how many days will the fever contiue to take its place? doctors say that if the fever persists even after 2 weeks, they will do a ct scan of the whole body to find the mass of infection.
2007-03-25 18:27:54 · 3 answers · asked by VillaG 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
yes it is normal. Good luck with the new bub.
2007-03-25 19:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is common for the first week after surgery to run a fever no more than 101.
Keep in touch with your doctors. It might be her temp is up just because the body is working on healing post op.
But, a temp is an alert to something. so....keep in touch with her doctors.
2007-03-25 20:31:32 · answer #2 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got had lots of surgical procedures. A fever isn't a trouble-free component. i'd take the toddler decrease back in and demand that they do the CT test now. an infection isn't something to debris with fairly in a 8 mo previous toddler. you additionally can desire to envision right into a 2d opinion. do no longer enable them to jerk you around!
2016-10-01 12:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋