Monday, February 23, 2009

Latest Update on Jack

I took Jack back to see Dr. Ellis today. Dr. Ellis wanted to check his ears after 10 days on Augmentin. I honestly expected to hear bad news, but to my surprise, Jack's ears are clear. Now we just have to do "regular maintenance" to keep him from getting another ear infection. "Regular Maintenance" includes using saline and suction in his nose (I hate this process as much as he does), using a cool mist humidifier every night, and keeping him appropriately dressed for the weather.

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but keeping my child dressed appropriately has the be the hardest thing to do - EVER! This weather in Memphis is ridiculous! It is sunny and 70 degrees one day, and icy and 20 degrees the next. Some days we see both of those temps in the same 24 hours. The other problem with dressing Jack appropriately lately has been the Augmentin. He has had more "blow out" diapers in the last week than I could ever count. That also means that he has gone through countless outfits per day. His teacher even described putting Jack into the Jumperoo and turning her back for one minute, only to turn around to poop on the floor, in his socks, all over the jumperoo, and who knows where else! God bless his sweet teachers because they have dealt with the mess more than me this week. He even had to have a bath one day at school!

Hopefully, we will have a return to sweet and happy Jack. No more Augmentin which will hopefully lead to no more blow outs or wardrobe changes. He has been a very happy baby the last few days, and it has been WONDERFUL! To all of the other mothers out there - may you have a wonderful week with no illnesses, no bugs, and lots of sweet love from your children.

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