Last night while Caleb was taking a bath (a normal bath like he gets all the time) he got really cold and started shivering really bad (the same thing happened during his bath on Wednesday night). It took us a long time to get him warmed up. A little while later he started getting a fever so I gave him Motrin and he went to bed. Then at 10:00 I checked on him and he was burning up! His fever went up to 103.9. I gave him Tylenol and we took him to the ER. I told the ER doc how I had just taken him to the doctor that morning (he didn't see his normal pediatrician) and that his ears looked normal. The ER doc said that Caleb has too much wax buildup to get a good look at his ears so it could be an ear infection but they're not able to see it because of the wax. Then why didn't the doctor tell me that this morning?!?!?! Instead of saying that his ears are fine and normal, why didn't he tell me the truth that he couldn't tell if he had an infection or not? The ER doc tried to get the wax out while Caleb screamed bloody murder but the wax wouldn't budge. I felt really uncomfortable about having to restrain my baby while someone is sticking an instrument down his ear canal and digging around. It was horrible. His ears probably hurt in the first place and I'm sure having them poked and pulled and dug in was probably excrutiating. Plus it was like 1am and we were all exhausted, Caleb was scared and clingy and the doctor was not very kid friendly. He gave us a prescription for ear drops to loosen the wax and relieve pain, and a prescription for antibiotics to kill the infection. So, now Caleb is on eye drops 4x/day, ear drops every six hours and antibiotics 2x/day. The ear drops are a joke to try to get them in. He's supposed to stay on his side for 5 minutes to let them do their full effect. He won't stay for 5 seconds let alone 5 minutes! arrrrrgh.
All this started with a BATH! What's the deal? John and I are ready to never give him a bath again if this is how it's going to go!
4 comments:
Wow, you have really had a week. I remember when Connor had pink eye and then got the upper resp. infection. It was murder trying to get him to take medecine and we only had to put a cream on his eye. He hated it and would scream and wipe it off. When Caleb is all better we will have to have a play date together. Hope Caleb feels better soon.
poor baby! no fun seeing your sweet baby squirming, crying in pain :( will say a prayer for Caleb.
Poor thing! Sorry about the experience with the ER doc. It is frustrating when they aren't experienced with children!
Hope he feels better soon. Hugs.
And thanks for the kind words about the boys! We feel the same about Caleb! :-)
OMG CALEB!!!! wtf poor baby! I feel absolutely horrible for him and you guys! He has been through such insanity the past few weeks, poor baby :(
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