Caitlin went to the doctor this morning. They think she has an ear infection and have prescribed an antibiotic. I'll update more once I've had a little rest.
Update 6:26 p.m. Sorry -- we were up all night, literally with 102-104 degree fever. I've been up all night most of the week with one or both kids, so I'm not functioning so well.
The doctor's visit today was not fun. First, there was the weight freak out -- she's lost some from being sick and not eating and today's nurses weren't familiar with our whole underweight issue. Then, they couldn't get a good read on Caitlin's temp reading it under her arm (it kept reading 98.2 and she was burning up!) and she would not open her mouth to let them do an oral temp. Yep, you guessed it, only one other way to check it at the drs office. It took two nurses and me three tries to get it. By then, she was pretty mad!
Next was looking at her throat, which the doctor was able to do during screams with her mouth wide open. Then, they couldn't see in her ears because both were plugged with wax. She is so small and her ears so little, they couldn't scrape it out. We had to do the saline warm water bottle/tubing cleaning. It took 3 bottles of water per ear, two nurses and me, and a sheet wrapped around her like a straight-jacket to do this.
They still were only able to move the wax in the ear that was bothering her, not actually get it all out. Then, it took two doctors and me to look in her ears! Thus, the "we think" she has an ear infection in her right ear (the really plugged one) diagnosis. We have 10 days worth of antibiotics and some numbing drops to get us through. I also have to reschedule her 2 year check up and her vaccinations, which were scheduled for Monday.
I am so ready for this day to be over and to get some sleep!
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