20 month old high temp

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If anyone can help me, my son who is 20 months old, woke up last night at 3:00 am, vomitted a little and felt like he was burning up. I took his temp rectally and it was 103.9. His Dr said to give him feverall suppositories. My husband went out and bought them and I gave him 1. At 5 am still no decrease in temp. I gave him another at 9:30 today and he is still very hot. The sup. are 80 mg. My son is 28 pounds. I think dosing for acetominophen is 7 mg/pound. Should I be giving him more, or go back to the store to get the higher dosage?? Thanks for any advice...

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