Since the minute Courtney was born, she's been sneezing. A-choo! A-choo! Almost always 2 in a row. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree - I'm a constant sneezer as is my mom. Courtney comes by it naturally. Anyway, she's been coughing a little. Cough cough. And then nothing for a couple of days. Cough cough. And then nothing. And she's the tiniest bit snotty but her nose isn't running or anything. There's just stuff up there. Well, today she ate and I burped her and there was the tiniest traces of blood in what came up - a little mucus and a little blood (sorry for the bodily fluid information). But any blood, no matter how scant, isn't a good thing so like a good mom, I took Courtney to the doctor. It turns out she has a cold. She's probably had one for at least a week so really, her cold is almost over. Huh? Really? My baby, whom I spend practically 24 hours a day with, has a cold? So I ask the pediatrician, whom I really like, how am I supposed to know she has a cold? And she looks at me like, "what's wrong with you, you lousy mom?" Don't I feel terrible!!
If I can't tell my baby has a cold, when I'm with her 24 hours a day, I'm doomed. Shouldn't I know these things? Shouldn't I be able to tell? She can't talk so it's up to me to be able to tell when there's something wrong. If I can't see what's right under my nose, how am I going to do when she's a teenager?
To top off on all my mom angst, I think I'm getting an ear infection. I'll find out after I go to the doctors appointment tomorrow.
Monday, February 23, 2009
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Turns out Tommy has a raging ear infection. Still. He had one that we did 10 days of antibiotics for already. This was the follow up and other than more runny nose I thought he was 'fine'. Both times I had no clue he had an ear infection - no clue. Runny nose (he had blood too which is also why we went to the Peds initially), cough, yes, ear infection, no. He has tubes (had, only one now which is why the new infections) so we've dealt with this and could usually tell before. Sometimes there really isn't any great way to tell. Sometimes you will just be clueless. It's part of it all IMO.
I hope your ear is better!
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