mother's intuition

Madelyn is sick! I hate this. She woke up with a fever Monday morning - 102.5 by 6:30 that evening it was 103.8. When I called the pediatrician they suggested I give her Motrin and watch her behavior. He said, "it's more about her behavior than the temperature".

I am trying to not be a hypochondriac but I just don't know whether I should take her to the doctor. I don't' want to be one of those mom's that the doctor sees coming and says "oh, it Mrs. so-and-so again." they he checks her and sends her home and says - "give her Tylenol". But at the same time, after now two days of fever in the 103 range, should I be more worried? The doctor last night said to see if medicine brought the fever down - it does, to watch for really lethargic behavior - she only is sort of lethargic when her medicine has worn off and not "really" lethargic, and to call if she has a hard time waking up - so should I try to wake her up to test that?

This mothering thing is hard. I don't call because I think she's doing okay and because I figure "a mother knows" right? But what if I'm just not practiced enough yet and I don't actually know? What if I make a bad call here and her brain gets damaged from having a fever too long? These are the stupid thoughts that enter my head and then I think - please, I'm not that out of touch that I'd let her go that long - to where she'd get brain damage. I at least keep it down with medicine so she can't get to that point - right?

I think I'm going to give in after Maddy gets up from her nap. If her fever returns to the 103 range when the Motrin wears off at 4:30, we'll hit the doctors office - maybe the KidsCare simply so that I can stop second guessing my "mother's intuition".