Ear infections, head cold and other maladies
September 16, 2008
I took Mr. Liam to the doctor today to have him look at his surgery stitches. They should be healed by now (it’s been five weeks) and without being too graphic, Liam has a big lump near one of his set of stitches.
I was hoping it was an easy diagnosis, but his doctor said he has never seen this before in 30 years of doing surgeries like Liam’s. That sure makes a mom feel good. Don’t get me wrong, we have a great doctor and I trust his expertise, but I wish I could have gotten more of a finite answer. He recommended giving it a week and giving Liam lots of warm baths. We hope this works and I’m calling him if it gets worse this week.
While I was at the doctor’s office I thought I’d be an overprotective mom and take him to his primary care provider for the cold he’s had for the last couple days. He’s been stuffy with a runny nose and he’s been waking up in the middle of the night, multiple times. We thought he might be waking up because he is teething (he’s getting at least two teeth right now).
Turns out Mr. Liam has ear infections in both his ears! Poor little dude. I had no idea. He has NOT been grabbing his ears and he his behavior has been ‘normal’. Other than waking up at night and being a bit fussy for naps, I wouldn’t have any idea that he wasn’t feeling 100%. So they gave me some antibiotics to treat his ears. Maybe this can inadvertently help, what I think is an infection, near his stitches.
Anyhow, I hope Liam feels better soon. I’m grateful that this is his only ear infection to date, as I had many, many when I was a baby and even ended up with tubes in my ears before I was even one years old.
Between teething, stuffy nose, two ear infections and a mysterious lump – I hope he feels better soon. Keep him in your prayers and before we know it he’ll be his old rambunctious self again and we’ll be praying he slows down!
Isn’t he a cute little sleeper? He sticks his butt way up in the air, shoves his arms under him and crosses his feet. =) I suppose whatever works for him, right?
Liam, I hope your feeling better soon! Love you Grandma
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