Hello, We took our oldest son to the E.R last night after trying to treat him here at home with mild stomach aches and feeling sick to his stomach and a fever. Also he has sinus problems and constantly breathes through his mouth. He also hasn't eaten much. His mom tried checking it orally and under his arm and once under his arm it read almost 99 or near, but we didn't think that was really very correct. We decided to take him to the E.R here in town and he was seen fairly quickly. The nurse used first an ear therm and didn't trust the reading , then a digital oral temp, which obviously was way off.   His mom told her that we tried under his arm and frowned and said , nope that isn't too good of a method to use when one is that feverish.      She told us and my son that they first tried ear, or Oral and then if needed to check rectally. Underarm only as last resort, he finnaly coperated and his temp rectally was 102 mild flu was she right using this method in this situation?

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Male, Age: 46, Arizona