They’re baaaaaack….

What’s back you ask? Lincoln’s ear infections!! Oh, so frustrating! This past week Lincoln acted like he was getting a cold (he was congested and had a runny nose–at the same time), then Friday he woke up in the middle of the night, which he never does unless he’s sick, I nursed him and he felt like he had a fever. He went back to sleep, so I just let him sleep. Saturday he acted like he didn’t feel well so I called the Urgent Care in Kzoo and took him in on Sunday morning. Sure enough, they confirmed my suspicions: he had another ear infection and a fever of about 101. They gave me a script for Augmentin and sent us on our way. Poor Lincoln just didn’t feel well at all and when he was awake he cried for hours! I felt so bad for him. He also hadn’t been eating baby food a whole lot.

I put him to bed at 7:30 last night and the whole night he kept moving around and whining in his sleep. He finally woke up at 12am and when I picked him up I could tell he was burning up! I gave him some Tylenol and took his temp (underarm) and it was close to 104! I knew a rectal temp. would be even higher because it’s more accurate. I called the ER to ask them if I should bring him in and they advised me to. So, Lincoln and I were at the ER from about 12:30 until 4 am. They gave him some stuff to get his fever down and that’s about it. He slept through most of it–he was so tired and just laid there, limp, in my arms!

His fever is down this morning, but now he’s throwing up everything he ingests (food, medicine, etc.) We’ve got a follow-up appt. tomorrow morning at his doctor’s office. I plan on having him seen again at another ENT (I didn’t like the previous one we visited) and if they think that he needs tubes in his ears we’re going to just going to go through with it. I feel like there is no reason for my little guy to go through all of this when it could be prevented. So, if you think of it, throw up a prayer for Lincoln that he feels better!