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A teaspoon of ... cod liver oil?

We had our followup appointment today with Dr. Nave. Cam is better, but not 100%. He's gained some of the weight back: 20lbs 4oz on March 20 to 21lbs 3oz today. His ears are better too: the right one is an 8 out of 10, the left was 6.5. No shots until those are better.

As none of us want Cam back on antibiotics, we are going to try the old school remedy of a teaspoon of cod liver oil a day and go back on April 22. Apparently cod liver oil tastes better these days than when we were kids - I guess we'll be finding out soon! Fingers crossed by then everything is cleared up and we're healthy again!! Cam is home with us today, so we'll try to have some Kodak moments when he wakes up from his lunchtime nap :)

Six Month Stats
21lbs 3oz
Length ?

Lazy Saturday in the Burjewski household

Just an easy, somewhat lazy Saturday here in the Burjewski house. Cam seems to be over his ear infection (hallelujah!!), although the cough isn't gone, we are suspecting potential allergies; spring has sprung here in California and pollen is everywhere. We see the Doc on Tuesday for a recheck on the ear and potentially our 6 month shots, provided the Camster is healthy. We stopped the antibiotics on Thursday and his appetite is back with a venegence, so we think we're moving in the right direction.

He was in rare form this morning and we got a serious amount of giggles and laughter on some video, but mommy looks like death warmed over (it was pre-shower, hair combing, etc), so its unlikely we'll be posting it online. We'll try again tomorrow! This "Happy Kid Shot" will have to do ya :)

Cam and daddy

These two were hanging out in the backyard in the late afternoon and I managed to get a nice photo (and 30 others that are quite bad). Its been hard to get Cam smiling lately b/c he's cranky from teething, but we did get a little video of him giggling at the dogs outside and will try to upload it soon.

Someone is feeling better!

After the longest week in our lives (so far), Cam-a-lam-a-ding-dong is on the road to recovery. This is Cam yelling at the dogs to pay attention to him OR he's yelling at daddy to give him the camera that he really really wants to stick in his mouth :)

We've been enjoying the beautiful spring-like weather here, although we're ready for some cooler weather and a bit more rain. Cam is cutting at least one other tooth - they sure take a long time to look like teeth and not little razors, which is what they feel like on our knuckles, which Cam is taking particular joy in gnawing on these days.

Best Easter basket EVER

The girls over at daycare asked for all the kids to come dressed in pastels (and Cam has one pastel outfit. He's a BOY, for cryin' out loud!) and they were going to take pictures for the rooms for spring. We should know by now that it also means they are going to do something nice for the parents :) We got an Easter card from Cam on Monday when he went to daycare for the first time in almost a week - isn't he cute?! (yep, not biased at all :) )

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!

Ear infection: day 864 (sure feels like it)

Not much improvement to report so far. He's more "off" today than he has been since this ear infection started; very tired and a little cranky. He moans a lot, which is heartbreaking. Cam is fairly warm to the touch, and since he did that last week when he first started the amoxicillin, we are hoping it means his body is again fighting the ear infection.

He hasn't vomited since yesterday afternoon, and we've been feeding him in 2oz doses about 2-3 hours apart - we're afraid to do more in case he vomits again and we're back to square 1. Since he's done ok eating the last 24 hours, we're going to try 3oz when he wakes up from his afternoon nap.

Fingers crossed the extra rest, plus TLC from mommy and daddy will help him get better. And the new medicines too - so much easier to give 1/4 tsp orally than 1-1/4 tsp!! Please send Cam some healing, healthy thoughts over the next couple of days - he needs all the help he can get to feel better :)

Ear infection update

We're not sure, but Cam *might* have an allergy to the amoxicillin he's been taking; yesterday he had a huge red rash all over his belly and back, plus he's vomited 3x since Saturday (no, not spitup, actual barfing large quantities of stomach contents).

Doc is cautious; said the vomiting could be from the ear infection (which is no better, btw), almost like a seasickness, but then again, maybe not. So we're on new meds as of today. The good news is that it isn't 6 freakin' milliliters - the only times Cam got the full dose was via his bottle; he did NOT like to take it orally (that's putting it mildly).

He's still in good spirits and we've kept him home today but tomorrow he'll probably go back to daycare for the day - I'm sure he misses his little friends :) He was giggling like mad at the dogs last night, so we're going to try to catch that on video tonight and post it - its quite infectious, but the good kind of infection!

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Janice

Grandpa and Grandma Janice visited from SoCal today. Since Cam has decided to despise his car seat, we haven't tried to make the trip down since before Christmas. It was great to see them! We had some fun taking photos. Especially Cam, who is doing his best "Zoolander - Blue Steel" impression here :)