Poor sick baby

The Peanut has a fever.  A fever of 102 F which is pretty high.  She’s had it since 3pm today and the day care gave her a fever reducer at that time but it has not brought it down.  I called a medical help phone line called Telehealth Ontario which is ran by nurses and doctor’s and after talking with the nurse I’m a bit freaked out.  We went over ALL of Hannah’s symptoms as at the end of the 15 minute conversation she suggested that we have her checked within the next 3-4 hours by a doctor.  It’s 8:30 pm (or was at the time), -10 degrees celsius (freezing) and very windy and they want me to wake my child up out of bed, bundle her up and take her out in the cold to have her checked for what is more then likely and returned ear infection as she had an ear/throat infection 2 weeks ago and just finished her antibiotic’s on friday for it.  ARE THEY CRAZY???  

Now having said that,  I am second guessing my initial instinct to just wait and monitor her through the night to see “if” she gets worse and hope that the fever breaks over night.  She’s not convulsing or anything like that, she is just really HOT!  Am I wrong for keeping her home, snuggled comfortably in her bed getting the rest that she needs or should I be rushing her out in the cold, to sit in an over crowded ER for hours on end (min.3-4 hours) where she’ll be uncomfortable and not getting the rest she needs? ARG!!!!  Parenthood…………….now where’s that damn handbook again?