Like death and taxes it was inevitable...

Well, Xander is sick for the first time. About a week and half ago he started with a little stuffy nose that has gotten progressively worse. At the same time my nose got all messed up and my throat was a little sore. It never got any worse, so I assumed that it was just allergies or something since the weather had changed about the same time. Nelson has had a cough that has slowly gotten worse, too. Come to think of it, maybe he has given to us! More than likely, though, I put Xander in the church nursery for the first time a couple weeks ago… so he probably picked up a bug from there.

On Wednesday, Xander’s nose was so congested he was having trouble nursing. I had Nelson to call the pediatrician and they recommended PediaCare decongestant. So I got some for him and we started giving it to him. He really didn’t like the taste of it. But he took it pretty well and fortunately it was only 1.2mL (a relatively small amount).

By Friday his nose was not any less congested and he was wired from the medicine to the point that I could get him to fall asleep for 10 minutes then he’s wake up and be ready to play! Thankfully Nelson took over watching him for awhile so I could sleep, since I was wiped out from staying up late working on my dissertation and then Xander waking up a short time later wide awake. We went to the pediatrician today and she checked his ears… they were infected. I was surprised! He isn’t really behaving much different than normal… no fever, very active, smiling, and laughing, etc. So she wrote a prescription for amoxillin… the dreaded bright pink bubble gum/raspberry stuff. We gave it to him tonight… that didn’t go well at all (read as: LOTS of crying!!!)!!! He was way too tired and REALLY didn’t like the taste at all and we had to give him 7.5mL (a rather large amount to try and get down of something that doesn’t taste good)!! A few minutes later he spit up a mixture of breast milk, sweet potatoes, and amoxicillin… thankfully it missed the handmade quilt and landed on the carpet… it’s a good thing Nelson has lots of experience of removing cat food puke stains from the carpet. Come to think of it the cats have prepared us in a lot of ways for taking care of a baby… but that’s another story… ;-D