Sick Again

Colds are passing from one person to the next again in our house. It has been this way since the beginning of November. With each cold we've had multiple trips to the doctor for fevers, ear aches, swollen glands, coughs, etc as each child and Kyle pass it from one person to the next. We thought we were all done with things around Christmas. Then Isaac started getting sick again on Wednesday. Last night Isaac was tossing and turning for hours with a sore ear asking me to call Dr. Gadea for some medicine. Luckily our pediatrician has a website for common night questions. How to manage an ear infection was one of them. I learned that I could give him Tylenol and Advil at the same time during the night, place a warm compress on the ear, elevate his pillow, and place a few drops of warm olive oil in his ear to minimize the pain until the morning. It worked and Isaac and I were able to get a few needed hours of sleep before heading to the doctor this morning. Thankfully it was Dr. Gadea's day at the urgent care. (Always best to have your own than someone else) I took Eli too since he was starting to get a running nose and feeling quite warm. Both boys have ear infections (Eli's third- one with every cold so far), but we have medicine now. Prema started sneezing today, so I am sure we'll be at the doctor again later this week. She never makes it through a cold without the need for antibiotic (poor immune system, inability to blow her nose, and deviated septum).