And for my next trick...
"He seems warm, maybe we should take his temperature."
"Yeah, we -- oh wait, he just had some cold water to drink, so we'll have to wait a bit."
"... wait for what?"
"You can't take someone's temperature right after they drink something cold, it skews the results."
"What? Omar, a glass of cold water isn't going to really change your body temperature."
"I think it's more of a surface temperature thing, because your gums and tongue stay cold."
"...did he drink the water through his rectum?"
"Oh, right."
Comments
Syar said:
I must tell you that I hate responding to posts with a simple LOL or the slightly more complex ROTFLMAO. because it hints at simple-mindedness and gosh darnit I want to look smart on this blog.
but this was too funny. I have nothing smart to say because I'm laughing so much. do you accept LOL, ROTFLMAO or hahahaha?
Katie said:
Sweet god, that's amazing! Definitely going in my vault o' high-larious things.
wendela said:
How to avoid rectal temp taking:axillary. Take axillary temperature and add one degree. But it wouldn't make as good a story. Never mind.
cadiz12 said:
that poor baby. hope he's all right.
Viking054 said:
Whoops!
I said:
I should have mentioned that he didn't end up having a fever, he was probably just warm and a bit lethargic because he hadn't stopped moving for 11 straight hours. The next morning, he was perfectly fine.
We got the rectal thermometer (which could be another post in itself) when he was an infant for the sake of accuracy. He's no longer as... cooperative when we try to use it, so we're thinking of buying an ear thermometer to "screen" his temperature, then using the rectal one if we are still concerned. I haven't explicitly asked him, but I'm guessing the boy won't like that idea either.
Radioactive Rec-- no. said:
Imagine a few years from now when the boy stumbles across the internet archive containing this post. Bet he'll have a hearty laugh too.
Ear. Definitely.
Glo said:
While I feel for the boy and wish him well...
Great sarcasm from the wife. You guys are a team in classic buddy-film style.
cadiz12 said:
yeah, the ear is the way to go. good to hear he's doing fine.
demosthenes said:
Someday they will discover a much easier way to do that...
I hope.
Katie said:
"Settlement reached in BlackBerry dispute" -- Yahoo headlines.
I thought of you.
I said:
Any other way to take a kid's temperature requires too much cooperation to be accurate. Having the boy remain still while we stick something in his ear, even just for a few seconds, is still a little ways off.
He wants to look at what you're doing, then he's mad because we're in his ear, and then he's off in the next room before the thermometer beeps. The reality is, he can't move his butt as quickly or easily as he can move his head.
Viking054 said:
I used to have that problem too. Then I took the Napoleon Dynamite dance lesson. Now I can move my butt like nobody's business!
Jackie said:
Yes, I made the mistake of buuying one of those ear thermometers. It *says* you can start using it at 6 months. I would love to see what 6 month old they got to hold their head still for that long. At 13 months, mine is still getting the "bottom treatment". Only now she looks at me like "Oh my holy God woman! What ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE?!" Good to hear baby Phillips is feeling better.
'ka said:
lol... too funny... remind me of my best friend who had the same problem with you :D
glad that he's ok...