It generally happens that when it's time for a check-up, I usually have to go to the doctor somewhere around a week before and/or after the actual appointment. It happened again.
Last Monday (18th) was Mason's 3 yr and Julianne's 9 mo checks, as you will remember. They both got a flu shot and were a little fussy for the remainder of the week.
Julianne had a fever off and on but I just figured it was all thanks to the shot. Come Friday night, she hardly slept at all. We were both a little grouchy Saturday morning. She cried and cried and cried all morning and nothing I did would calm her down. So, exactly 5 days after seeing the dr., we headed to the doctor. Turns out, she had an ear infection AND bronchlioitis, a type of RSV. Poor baby! Because she had a cough, fever and wheezing, she was deemed contagious until it all went away. Guess she wasn't going to Grandpa Ken's on Sunday! There's other babies there, not to mention lots of kids. Even though Jon was making dinner (for Mason's bday party), we decided that he would make dinner in Logan and I would go to Corinne without him. Thus, Jon missed Mason's first party, and Julianne is now on a 10-day cycle of amoxicillian.
Fast forward to Monday... well, Sunday night actually. Brooklyn got NO sleep and oddly enough, I don't hear her crying. Jon does. I only heard her once and that was because I'd been up with Julianne. SO, she has NO sleep and complains that her ear is hurting. Exactly 7 days after the appt, we're back at the Dr. And she tells that on a scale of 4 Brooklyn has an infection at a 4. It may rupture. So, she too, is on a 10-day cycle of amoxocillian. Luckily, she isn't contagious and can still go to school. As of today, it hasn't ruptured and she isn't complaining of pain. Whew. I wonder if Mason will get one. At least he didn't get one for his birthday!If he continues to luck out, we may actually be able to stay away from the doctor for a couple weeks. Well, until we go see if Julianne is growing again or not. I won't hold my breath, though....
4 comments:
I feel your pain with the ear infections. Glad you caught them and are getting them taken care of.
My kids are going through the ear infections too. Last time Karissa had one I had to give her something other than amoxocillian. She has some wierd allergy to it she broke out with hives that took 2 weeks to get over. It was bad. Trial and error right? Good Luck!
Ahhh, isn't it lovely this time of year? Good luck my dear, good luck!
I don't think I've ever appreciated medicine as much as I do now!
Total bummer! Hope they get better soon, mom's don't deserve to have sick kids.
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