How We Spent Our Sunday

We had an unexpectedly eventful day yesterday. And by unexpectedly eventful, I mean horrible! The day started out like a normal Sunday, Brady slept in a little, we went down and ate breakfast, got dressed, and went to the grocery store. No big deal. We get home from the store, and usually Brady loves helping to put the groceries away. Well, Brad went outside to shovel while we were unloading, and Brady freaked out, crying uncontrollably, the entire time he was outside. We literally went through a box of Kleenex.

I thought nothing of him being that upset while Brad was shoveling. He's been having some major separation issues lately. However, Brad came back in and the crying didn't stop.  We tried snacks, lunch, holding him, etc. Nothing worked. We finally decided that either his teeth hurt or his ears were hurting. He is never like that unless, he's truly in pain. I think I failed to mention that he's had another cold the entire week. It never fails that colds lead to ear infections for Brady. We tried some Tylenol, rocked a little bit, and he fell asleep. Sometimes a nice long nap makes everything all better (for kids and adults!).

2 hours later, he woke up screaming crying. Still no consoling him. We finally got him to come downstairs and drink a little bit, but knew something was really wrong. We made the decision to go to Urgent Care as our normal pediatrician is not available on Sundays. The doctor was wonderful. He "magically" pulled stickers from behind Brady's ear, and let Brady hold the otoscope. (I had to look up what it was called. I didn't think it was appropriate to put, "the light up thingy that looks in your ears").  Brady didn't even flinch. The doctor drew us a picture of the ear and throat canal and explained to us what was going on. No one had done that before.

Sure enough, Brady has an ear and throat infection. This is his fifth ear infection this fall/winter. We've only been off antibiotics from his last one for 10 days. I think tubes are in his future, although I'm avoiding them like the plague. He is on 2 antibiotics this time. Fingers crossed it does the trick. The poor kid deserves to be healthy for more than 10 days at a time!