Xander Week 21 – Our First Ear Infection…
February 6, 2007
Xander was diagnosed with his first ear infection last week. He hasn’t been overly fussy, and he hasn’t discovered his ears yet to tug on, so it was pretty tough for us to figure out that anything was wrong in the first place. Xander’s eyes were pretty watery and his “eye boogies” were more crusty than usual last week, and eventually I brought him to see his doctor, concerned that maybe he had pink eye. Thankfully, it was not pink eye, but he does have red and pussy ears – poor little guy 
So we picked up some bubblegum flavored Amoxicillin and started pouring that into his mouth twice a day.
I suppose I should be glad that Xander hasn’t been overly fussy or upset about the ear infection, but I just feel so bad for the little guy – being sick and not understanding why he’s not feeling good. Our doctor told us that if Xander didn’t improve in 3 or 4 days we should come back to talk about some other antibiotics that may work better. Since Xander hasn’t really exhibited any signs that he’s uncomfortable, I’m not really sure how to tell if he’s getting better or not… At least now we’ve gotten the first ear infection dealt with – we sort of know what to expect, and we’re definitely hoping that this doesn’t become a frequent event!
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