He had a circumcision on Tuesday morning and I noticed last night that he felt warm so I took his temp. He was 37.8 rectally. This was the cut off the ped gave me to bring him in because he is so little. I stripped him down and fed him then retemped him and he was the same so I brought him up.
The site looks perfect and is healing well and it's been confirmed that is not the cause of the fever. He wasn't eating like normal after the circ and was irritable. The ped thought that given his traumatic birth, and how quickly they needed to get him out, there may have been an infection brewing since then.
Bloodwork, urine is all normal.
The nurse had a theory last night that the circ caused a decreased appetite which caused dehydration, which then caused his body temp to go up. Since he has been on the IV, his temp hasrmained stable at 37.1 and he has been taking his normal feeds. He took 3oz this morning and a whopping 4oz this afternoon.
So the pediatrician is agreeing with the nurses theory since he seems to be on the mend and we can't find any other cause for the fever. If he continues to remain at a stable temp and continues normal feeds, he will go home later today.