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Started over 5 days ago. 102 in the evening. Did the tylenol, (no other symptoms

whatsoever). No cough, sore throat, aches, a little headache, but NOTHING ELSE.

He was exhausted. He slept, the next morning it went down. Because he had no

other symptoms and he hasn't had any other illnesses (except for cellulitis

infection of a foot ulcer which they treat with anti-biotics, and that was over

2 months ago), he's always fine. Except for his neuropathy I mean.

But he never gets SICK.

So naturally he wont' go to the doctor. The fever broke, and he felt better.

But it was like he was hit with a truck. Very weak. He is not a drinker!!!

Doesn't like water. I took him off of all diet soda with splenda, and gave him

my true lemon products ordering him to DRINK because you have to have fluids

with a fever. Not much of an appetite 4 days ago. So bit by bit, the fever

comes down but he's still sleeping all the time. I phone his doctor (can you

believe he answers his cell phone on July 4th)? I tell him his symptoms and he

said " From what you are telling me, it's viral, but you can bring him in

tomorrow'.

I say " He WON'T come in, he is too tired " . The doctor said " You are giving him

Gatorade right?' I said " Oh, no, I didn't think of that "

He said to call him the next day.

I immediately went out and bought 2 bottles of gatorade. Brought them home and

he practically inhaled the first bottle. They are both now gone. I phoned the

doctor the next day (which was yesterday) and told him " should I switch from

tylenlol to ibuprofen " ? He said " yeah, do that " .

So yesterday his fever was normal (his doctor said if he had a bacterial

infection anywhere in his body, his fever would spike, stay up, and not go down

unless he had an antibiotic and that's why he really thinks it's viral).

So last night he was hungry. I made him a sandwich and a knish, and another

glass of gatorade. He's been drinking this stuff for two days now. It's like his

body NEEDS whatever is in the gatorade.

He was on the computer last night. I took his temperature. it was 98. I said

" hurray, maybe this thing has passed "

He did not want to take any ibuprofen last night before bed time because he had

no fever. And he was able to get up without being dizzy (like when the fever is

101.

Well, I get up this morning, go into the living room, he's on the couch doing

his leg exercises, I feel his forehead (his eyes are clear by the way), and I

said 'you feel warm, and his temp was 101.

I immediately gave him 2 ibuprofen. HE WON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR, JUST KNOW

THAT!!! He says " I have a virus, I have to sweat it out " . He's been sweating on

and off for a few days, one day he sweat through his shirt and of course I

cleaned him up.

I went out for a bit, just came home, and he asks " Can I have a scrambled egg on

a bagel " .

He just gobbled it down. He's laying down, he's watching tv and because this man

hasn't gotten sick like this in over 25 years, I am at a loss at to what to do.

I went out and got him Walgreens nutritional drink with protein because he is

not eating three meals a day i also got him gatorade i " m having trouble

with my keyboard right now so i can " t use certain keys sorry

oh i have to give you his background as to what he contracted twenty nine years

ago he got a fever lasting a long time no other symptoms like what

is happening now they put him in the hospital in isolation because they

didnt know what it was sorry can " t use punctuation right now

they finally released him indicating on his chart it was fever of unknown origin

it took about two months for him to get better never had a sore throat ear

ache no other symptoms they never gave him antibiotics then either

so i am thinking to myself what if something triggered that virus in his

system and thats what he now has

the night before he got sick we got news about our son that would devastate any

family i think this is what triggered something in his body i may be

wrong i have no clue

but is this possible? and have any of you known someone to have a condition (a

virus??) that you get a normal temp in the daytime you sweat it out you

take iburprofen or some other med and it brings it right down you get your

appetite back and then you wake up and its one hundred and one???

his color is good nothing hurts him no other symptoms whatsoever HE WON " T

GO TO THE DOCTOR UNLESS HE " S DYING STUBBORN

so any comments are (believe me) welcome

giving him LOTS of fluids> his urine is dark and when i told the doctor that

that is when he said " you are giving him gatorade right? "

it seems he is drinking gatorade and his body is inhaling it

so any input is very welcome

this is harder on me than it is on him. I'm the one running around like a

chicken.

I told him " if you are not better by friday, I'm dragging you to the doctor "

Not that the doctor could do anything if it's a virus but he can eliminate stuff

right?

Oh this man is so stubborn.

Mel