Thermometers and Book Reads
Hello Grafted In Readers, Today is November 28 in my corner of blog land, still 2017. In about one month, cold and related seasonal conditions will be rampant in my area as is the case with the onset of the winter season. The Mayo Clinic newsletter, Housecall, recently had an article about the different types of thermometers, mostly digital. Briefly, there are pacifier thermometers that are best used with very young children who might use pacifiers. One thing to note is that to get an accurate temperature, the pacifier thermometer has to be in the child's mouth for at least three minutes. There is also a digital thermometer for the armpit, mouth, and rectum. It is strongly suggested to have two thermometers if one is going to be used for recording rectal temperature, and the other for oral or mouth temperature. Evidently, temperature recordings from the armpit are the least accurate. Current Book Reading I am currently reading "The Centurion's Wife" which i...