2nd
Caught a Bug
Uneventful trip home from Thanksgiving in Indiana, but Bug woke up with pinkeye and a little cough on Monday. Dadda took him to the doctor in the morning and I came home at lunchtime to take care of him. The doc thought both issues were vital and prescribed rest and fluids.
Tuesday I worked all day and Dadda took off. We gave him Benadryl, helped with the congestion but made him wired. When I got home he had dark circles under his eyes. I wanted to rush him to KidMed, but felt like I might be overreacting. He was feverish, skipped dinner, vomited in the cool bath we soaked in to bring his temperature down. I was dressed to leave for KidMed, but from he wanted to nurse in the bed and went right to sleep. We called the pediatric nurse and her recommedation was not to wake him. If he was comfortable he could wait til morning for a doctor visit. We got infant Tylenol suppositories so he couldn’t puke it up. We monitored his temperature and it was steady around 100 for the next few hours.
This morning his fever was gone and he seemed alot better, but as the day went on he got worse. He took a little Benadryl. His pinkeye looked better but later it started oozing goop again. He complained of pain in his right ear. He was stumbling when he walked. By 3:30 Dadda was taking him back to the pediatrician.
This time they checked his ears. The infection on his right side was so bad that what we thought was pinkeye was actually mucus coming out of his tear ducts.
We started him on antibiotics right away and saw an immediate improvement. He played with his toys, ate a little dinner, talked to us while he splashed in the bath.
Get well little Bug. We missed your cheerful self.
