My little Eleanor is not feeling well. She spent all day yesterday with snot running out of her nose and whining when she wasn't either attached to me or sleeping. (2 naps in one day! My house is almost clean!) Today was a bit worse, but I have never been that mom who rushes off to the pediatrician at every runny nose and sniffle. I took Abby sledding while my mom held Nora (the only thing the poor baby wanted to do all day) but when we got home it was apparent that Nora was not doing any better. I finally sucked it up and called the doctor. I scheduled an appointment for tomorrow morning then called back 5 minutes later to see if they could see her tonight. Off we went to ENH to have my babe checked out.
They did their whole triage bit, asking why I waited so long to bring her in (she had a check up last week! the runny nose had been going since September! every time I call they tell me the same damn thing- a cool mist humidifier and Tylenol!). When the doctor looked in her ears she exclaimed "Wow! That is the worst ear infection I have seen this season!" I aim to please. So not only does my little monkey have a "bulging ear infection" but she has a touch of RSV. No wonder she is miserable. She was prescribed an antibiotic and ear drops with the specific instructions not to put anything in her ear if there is blood or pus coming out. Really? You think that wouldn't help? I think my head would spin if pus and blood were coming out of anyone's ears let alone someone I birthed.
So she is tucked in for the night with her first dose of antibiotics working their magic and her fucking cool mist humidifier humming away. Hopefully tomorrow she will start feeling better (and let me put her down for a minute). At least we gave the doctor somethign to talk about at dinner....
1 comment:
isn't that the way of it? when you call the ped office, it's always... tylenol and fluids. then when you do go in they're like WTF took you so long!
hope she feels better!
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