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Ear infection
Nov. 15th, 2007 09:35 pmSo Maggie's been sick off and on since Sunday. Got a bit better Monday early, then worse Monday afternoon/evening, then Tuesday was iffy - we had to cancel social plans - then Wednesday seemed much better, so we actually visited with friends Wednesday evening. Then this morning she was worse again.
So we finally took her to the doctor. I generally try to just treat symptoms and figure it's probably a virus, but this time was getting weird. Just as well. I'm telling our doctor about what's been going on, and he's asking Maggie if she can pee in a cup for him, and saying "well, what we have here is a fever of unknown origin, and we need to test and find out - " and as he's saying this he's picking up the doohickey they use to peer into orifices, putting a cap on it, and starting to check her, and as soon as he looks into her left ear he interrupts himself with "oh, no, it's not a fever of unknown origin!" She has an ear infection. He says the eardrum is really bulgy, and he's surprised she hasn't been specifically complaining about pain from it.
So now she has a prescription, we have assurances from the doctor that it's not contagious, and she was cleared to go to dance class tonight and to go back to school in the morning. She took her medicine quite cheerfully, mostly because it's PINK.
So we finally took her to the doctor. I generally try to just treat symptoms and figure it's probably a virus, but this time was getting weird. Just as well. I'm telling our doctor about what's been going on, and he's asking Maggie if she can pee in a cup for him, and saying "well, what we have here is a fever of unknown origin, and we need to test and find out - " and as he's saying this he's picking up the doohickey they use to peer into orifices, putting a cap on it, and starting to check her, and as soon as he looks into her left ear he interrupts himself with "oh, no, it's not a fever of unknown origin!" She has an ear infection. He says the eardrum is really bulgy, and he's surprised she hasn't been specifically complaining about pain from it.
So now she has a prescription, we have assurances from the doctor that it's not contagious, and she was cleared to go to dance class tonight and to go back to school in the morning. She took her medicine quite cheerfully, mostly because it's PINK.
