Yes, you read right. Our baby is sick. Again.
The day before Alexander finished his nasty pink antibiotic for a sinus infection, he started coughing. The same day that we were to travel to Carlisle for Christmas & that the doctor's office closed early.
I called the insurance company & asked if we could see a doctor in Carlisle. Of course, our insurance is no good in Pennsylvania, but the ever-so-helpful associate said if I could get a referral from our pediatrician, we could take the little sprout to an after-hours clinic. Pediatrician closed. No referral.
General consensus was our cranky baby was just cutting teeth. Fever free, let him be.
Oh, how wrong we were. The poor little guy has double ear super-infections, bronchitis & quite possibly pneumonia in the bottom of his left lung.
How does that happen? Of course, Sarah is on antibiotics for Strep, Norah is on antibiotics for a sinus infection, Ethan is on steroids to finish clearing up the Pneumonia he had last fall & Baby Charlotte is on antibiotics for an ear infection. It should not be possible for little bean sprouts to get additional sicknesses while on antibiotics for previous sicknesses. Someone, right a rule & sent it North!
Anyway. The baby is now drugged & loving life. Well, mostly he just can't sit still long enough to worry about his ear pain and there is no time to cough. He is on steroids to help the wheezing & it is like baby crack. All we need now is some mama crack so I can keep up with him.
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