Poor Calum. He woke up really fussy Friday morning around 3am. We got him back to sleep but in the morning I noticed he had a whole lot of yucky ear discharge from one ear. We took him to a doctor and while waiting to see him, I noticed he was breaking out in a rash. His eyes were a little puffy and he was looking sick. At least his fever broke and was back to normal. The doctor came in and checked him over and told us he would be fine. His high 3-day fever broke and sometimes babies get a rash after a high fever like that. The fever was caused by another virus, meaning that after he was getting better from the cold he likely picked up something else. Oh, and yes, some of his irritability was probably because he is teething. He took a swab to test for strep throat and I'm hoping he doesn't have that too but we won't find out for a few days.
What an ordeal for the little one. The last two weeks have been pretty tough on him. Luckily, the ear thing relieved some pressure and his sinuses seem to be a lot better. Now we just wait for this rash to go away (anywhere from a few hours to a few days) and for him to kick this nasty cough he's got. The cough seems to be what is bothering him most right now. I have one too and I know it's pretty awful. I really, really hope we get better this weekend. We are both getting pretty tired of looking at the same walls, playing with the same toys.....not to mention missing daycare and work.
On the positive side, we've both read a lot of books. Calum knows his Christmas books very well now and I've finished 4 books and am working on the Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) now. Calum keeps wanting to look at the lion on the front cover so it's slow going but we'll get through.
Hopefully we will have news of our return to health on Monday. Happy weekend.
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