Saturday, August 12, 2006
Double ear infection
My poor children. I am never able to catch an ear infection before it becomes both "severe" and "double" (as in, both ears are infected). Both of those words when used together by a doctor cause me to wilt permanently at my faulty mothering instincts. Mae had a terrible night last night...I don't think any of us slept more than 15 minutes at a time. This morning Paul let me sleep in and when I came downstairs Mae was in her highchair (eating heartily, I might add...nothing's going to stop her appetite!), completely drenched in sweat (I mean completely, like she had just gotten out of the bathtub). Her eyes were glazed over and she was slouched down in the chair. She had been up since 5am (or rather, Paul had finally brought her downstairs at 5) and it was 8, so she was looking pretty tired. I gave her a bath to cool her down (no fever btw...both of us took it numerous times...how weird is that?) which perked her up and cooled her down a bit. Then she took a nap til 10 when I woke her to take her to her appointment. A dose of watermelon-flavored Amoxycillin and 3 eardrops in each ear and she is down for another nap. Poor baby. Hopefully she will be feeling up to snuff soon.
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4 comments:
Awww, poor Mae (poor Ellen & Paul too - hooray for Paul btw!). Don't beat yourself up too much. My boys do the same to me - no symptoms till it's too late and really bad. Hopefully she feels back to her old self soon and everyone is sleeping solidly again soon :)
Tracey
Happy dreams to all! .. Mom
I hope Mae is doing better. Shayna has her first cold. This sick thing sucks. I would much rather be sick than her. Oh well. Hope you got some sleep.
I don't think you understand what a double ear infection is. It is when two parts of the ear, I think middle ear and closer to, if not, the ear drum are infected. You can have a double ear infection in just one ear, or both.
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