Thursday, March 20, 2008

Ear infection + a virus just for giggles

Cam is still not feeling great. During the night he had a fever and our thermometer read 103.9°, but at the dr's office today, his temp was only very slightly elevated (about a half degree). He has lost a bit of weight (about 6oz in two days), and the dr. thinks he's now battling a virus along with the ear infection. She wants to give the antibiotic another 24-36 hours to really kick in (he only started getting it on Tuesday at 7pm, and its 2x/day); she feels we'll see improvement on Saturday (we have to wait til freakin' SATURDAY), and to keep an eye on his temp, and if its still elevated after 72 hours, to call her and then she'll do some tests.

Poor kid vomited again late last night, and so we're feeding him about 2oz of either breastmilk or formula about every 2 hours, and trying to sneak a little Pedialyte in there to help rehydrate him. He was pretty off yesterday and still isn't himself today but at least he smiled a couple of times! Its not much, but we'll take it.

We really hate seeing him like this. Hard to believe just two days ago he was chasing and giggling like mad at the dogs. Fingers crossed that tomorrow we finally start to see some improvement!

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