On Tuesday, Alex came home from school with a crusty right eye. I hadn't noticed it before, but I found myself cleaning it at least a couple of times before the end of the day. After he went to bed it hit me that goopy yellow eye crust probably isn't normal and I told Dave I was pretty certain he'd wake up with pink eye. Sadly, I was right.
So I hauled both kids to the doctor's office to check on it first thing Wednesday morning. The doctor confirmed pink eye and then while examining Senior Taco Pants, she also unearthed a RAGING ear infection in one ear and an almost infected second ear.
Genoa has also had the snots for a while, so I randomly asked her to check out Genoa's ear and even though I was technically supposed to make a separate appointment for her, the doctor was nice and had a look. Turns out one of Genoa's ear's is actually WORSE than her brother's and her second ear wasn't infected but was bulging and ready to perforate if we didn't get her immediately on antibiotics.
The worst part is that I had NO IDEA Genoa was really sick, even though she had woken up several times in the middle of the night and walked around to my side of the bed to pat me on the head and tell me "Yets go downstairs, Mommy!" I just thought she was hungry because she wouldn't eat any dinner (which should've been my first clue that it was more than a simple cold).
Anyway, both kids are appropriately drugged up and on the mend.
Don't beat yourself up over your children being sick and you not realizing it. It is so hard to tell, when they are that small, if their sick or if it's just a bad day. They will bounce back quick!
Posted by: Linda | February 21, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I'm so sorry--that sucks! Let me know if you need anything!
Posted by: Annagrace | February 21, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Aww, the poor kiddos! Ethan used to get ear infections all the time- but I NEVER knew about them until there was puss coming out of them (gross!). They'll probably be fine tomorrow and acting like nothing even happened!
Adorable pictures, by the way!
Posted by: Sara | February 21, 2008 at 01:06 PM
The pink eye/ear bug is going around here too. Two moms did the same thing...took kids in for the eyes and found they had ear infections. What can you do if all the signs aren't there?
Posted by: Lia | February 21, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Oh, I've had doctor's appointments like that too, where I bring them in for their shots, and the doctor is like "They're one step away from death!" and I think "Oh, really? They seemed ok to me!".
Oh the guilt.
Posted by: Kelly | February 22, 2008 at 12:54 AM
What a beautiful picture of our daughter.
Posted by: David | February 22, 2008 at 11:14 AM
At 5yo my son ran a 104 fever went to Dr. both ears double infected so severe they wanted to put him in overnight. Never had a clue! The Dr. said sometimes they get so infected they lose feeling. OOO and pink eye! "Gob" bless 'em. What a pain in the arse! We lived through all the lovely stuff don't we. When your a g-mom you never miss the signs! LOL
Posted by: grammice | February 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM
The ear thing happened to us this week, too. She was just a little grumpy, but otherwise fine. Doc said eardrum was close to rupturing, too, and she wouldn't be surprised if it did (thankfully, it didn't). That pink goop stains shirts like no tomorrow, but is amazing for making them feel better!
Posted by: Melissa | February 24, 2008 at 09:38 PM