celticdragonfly: (Maggie 9-3-06)
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So 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.

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Date: 2007-11-16 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mostuff.livejournal.com
Hope the meds work quickly and she recovers soon.

Ah-ha!

Date: 2007-11-16 04:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bkseiver.livejournal.com
So THAT's why her eyes hurt. It probably was some sinus involvement, too, the way kids Eustachian tubes are connected. Glad you have her on the mend. Give her a hug from Nana.

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Date: 2007-11-16 05:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pocketnaomi.livejournal.com
Sympathy. Ear infections can be hard for a parent to guess if the kid doesn't actually complain about their ears. JJ had one around his first birthday that we didn't catch for a few weeks, and which probably set his language skills back a little because he could temporarily not hear well enough to mimic sounds. (Not that you'd know it now, he's a talkative little guy.)

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Date: 2007-11-16 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com
I worry a little about that with the baby - she spends a lot of time tugging at one ear. But she doesn't seem to be in pain, and has no fever or anything.

I had recurring ear infections as a child, really bad for quite a while, until they took my adenoids out. It did affect my speech, as I was probably effectively deaf for a while. I was sent to speech therapy later in life to fix things.

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