re: Pregnant wife w/ fever for the past 4 days. Update: Got da Rona- wound up in hospital

Heart rate can go up from fever and from dehydration so they are giving her fluid

You wouldn’t go to the ED with the general population at 23 weeks pregnant. You would go to triage which is on labor and delivery. Ed will send anyone over 20 weeks to triage, but I’m glad you’re getting fluids since that was my initial concern with such a high temp. Unfortunate thing about urgent care is that it can literally be staffed by anyone: someone who quit residency after a year, a second year resident moon lighting, a fam Med doctor that trained at a small facility. In the future, would recommend going to your OB’s hospital. Triage’s generally have very little wait and you will be evaluated quickly. For transparency sake, I am an obgyn.