Poor Wittle Ear!

We have had a rough couple of weeks in the Feldman household with everyone battling allergies, and trying to recoup from vacation. There have been a lot of sleepless nights, way too early mornings and fussiness. Joshua has been going to swim lessons for over a week and having a blast, but on Sunday afternoon he got a high fever and wasn't feeling well. We gave him some Motrin and he felt a little better, but on Monday his fever was back up again. We continued to alternate between Tylenol and Motrin thinking it was just a virus and it needed to take its course. I have come to learn that Joshua is very sensitive when it comes to having a fever. If he is going to get a fever he is going to get a FEVER! He will get a fever with anything. So it didn't really startle me. Well, last night (Tues) his fever spiked to 104.3 and that was it, we were going to an after hours clinic to see what the heck was going on.

I went online to search for an urgent care facility, because I didn't want to wait until in the morning to see his pediatrician and I didn't want to have to go the ER, because last time we did that they said there was nothing they could do unless the fever was over 105 (which I still think is quite absurd). Luckily, my search ended when I found a place called After Hours Kids. We went there and I could not have been happier with the staff, the care and the place. It actually is a regular pediatrician's office by day and an urgent care clinic for kids from 7-11pm, 7 days a week. The staff handle Joshua great and understood that he didn't feel well and took the time to make sure he was comfortable and we understood what was going on. Well, after some blood work and a look around in his ears, they found that Joshua had a slight ear infection in his left ear. It all came together, the fever, the fussiness, and the Motrin not helping! Let me back up to say that Joshua never touched his ears during this time and had no other symptoms other than his fever which hovered between 101 and 103 until is soared to 104.3 and we took him in. So, we had no way of knowing that his ear was infected. They gave us a prescription for some antibiotics and we went home. So, Joshua has his very first ear infection and will be on antibiotics for the next 10 days, twice a day! He was not too keen on the idea at first, but once he tasted that wonderful bubble gum flavored medicine, he was ok. Hopefully tonight he will be able to sleep a little better and be good as new by Friday. This was his last week of swim lessons, but we will not be able to finish, which is fine. I just want him to start feeling better again. I hate when he is sick, it just breaks my heart. So, for now we will just continue with our bubble gum flavored medicine, Elmo, Blues Clues, and taking it easy. He is such a tough little guy, I know he is going to bounce right back!!!