Ear Infection—6 weeks old

After Ryan battled through a cold for a week, I had that mommy instinct to take him to the doctor yesterday morning during their weekend hours rather than waiting until Monday which we had agreed on.  Mainly, I was concerned that his cold was not getting better and due to his age, and I wanted someone to just check him over.  We walked out with an ear infection :(  Apparently it’s not common for babies this young to get them, so boy are we about to go on a ear infection ride of a lifetime!  Ryan just really wants to follow his brother’s footsteps!  He has had a really rough week, and we just feel so bad for him.  We’ve had little sleep around here. Poor Josh is dealing with a lot of guilt since he brought the cold into the house.  Luckily, Ryan has not had a fever at all so far.  I take his temp about 3 times a day to make sure we don’t have larger problems!   The doctor said if we had waited until Monday, we would have likely ended up going to the hospital because he would have ended up with a fever in time.

The drama getting his amoxicillin prescription about sent me over the edge.  The doctor prescribed it and sent it to my local pharmacy.  When I went to pick it up, the pharmacist said that my insurance was refusing it because the dosage was too high for his weight.  I was very confused, so after three hours of battling with the on-call doctor and the pharmacist plus confirming with my mother in law, who is a pediatric nurse, it was confirmed that the dosage was right.  I had a serious meltdown.  I was overly tired and just wanted the medicine for Ryan so he could feel better.  It was very discouraging that no one seemed to know what was going on.  Finally, the drug store let us have the prescription and not go through insurance.  And, they gave it to us for next to nothing due to the inconvenience. What a pain!  We are three doses into the amoxicillin, and I hope we are turning a corner.  Amoxicillin never worked for Tyler, so I’m hoping it will be different for Ryan.  With him being so young, I can understand why they started with it.  Luckily, he has not had a decrease in appetite.  They took his weight at the doctor’s office, and he’s now up to 10 lbs 6 oz.  :)  That’s another lb in 2 weeks.  Please pray that we are on the mend.  I haven’t even had time to think about my cold!  ;)

But totally can’t forget the rash.  I go to another dermatologist on Tuesday and will refuse to leave until they treat it and diagnose it.  Momma ain’t playing around no more.