re: Would you let your 5 year old play in a youth league game with low grade fever?

No. Not even if she felt fine because fever usually means contagious.

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No. Not even if she felt fine because fever usually means contagious.

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Except the op clarified that it is an ongoing condition that causes fever routinely.

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Overreact much....

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Call it over-reract? fine, but hope my lack of sophistication can illustrate the absurdity of playing even the smallest odds when a child is currency. I'm not a pediatric health care professional but I have lived for over two decades with one.. ...and have I've seen what pain this tragedy brings. There's a saying, "treat the child, not the number"...fever is a sign, nothing more... 100.4 can be negligible for most kids, with many it's not.

Just a few weeks ago I heard that a girl the OP's child's age was discharged from a hospital after flu testing showed she was fine... once home, had a sudden spike in temp and died before they could get her to the ER. Flu kills more children than adults between 18-55, it kills quick, and doesn't need a high temp to do it. Tens of thousands of Americans by flu in this country every year.

I'd bet most pediatritians would tell you low fever can be extremely deceptive as an indicator for ok/not ok... and most parents probably do "overreact", like give fever reducing meds too quickly or worse...still, you just can't make any judgment based on temp, a child with fever is fighting infection...most cases probably viral... For what will happen from there, children are completely defenseless, totally dependent on you and your judgment.

SERIOUSLY: after hearing firsthand, several tragic outcomes from poor parental decisions I'd just like to point out that "overreaction" can be every bit as deadly to children as none. We now have allergies, seizures, reactions, and super-bugs that did not exist 30 years ago because of parents over-sterilizing kids. The U.S. government quietly had 14,000 different soaps, wipes, hand-cleaners, etc, re-label, remove "anti-bacterial" ingredients, and are now banned by law. Countless new phenomena like roach allergies are epidemic because children aren't exposed to pests and other bacteria anymore...mothers carried sterile wipes in purses and were obsessive with keeping kids clean...only to leave them weak, sickly, and defenseless to the environment around them to the point congress was forced to take action and stop production of personal anti-bacterials.. We raised four by going OUTSIDE, camping, letting them dig up worms in flower beds along with who knows what decomposed matter, we didn't provide roaches but kids really need do to need to be well-exposed to the world enough to build immunity.

I've been a part of watching enough painful mourning from too many needless children's deaths... the question struck me as absurd enough to tastelessly display the losing side of the gamble...no matter the odds, it's still just that ridiculous to treat like a coin flip.

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Just use common sense

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Its that simple.

Its risk and reward to some degree. Is it worth risking your child to get sicker or get other kids sick so that she can play in a 5 year old youth league game? No. It's that simple.. But of course anyone who applies a little common sense is over reacting.

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Well I could argue that a doctor saying she was fine to play suggests there isn't much risk

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I didn't see where he said the doctor gave her the okay. If that is the case, by starting this thread.. Is he saying he trust the OT more than the doctor?