We’re so sad that we had to miss Jason’s 8th bday celebration yesterday. We celebrated P.’s birthday on Friday night and when we got home, Dylan was rockin’ a pretty high fever. He was obviously in a lot of pain, too. He just wanted to be “carried” and when I asked him what hurt, he told me his ear did. We gave him some Motrin which at least allowed him to sleep…until 4am! So, I let him sleep in until about 9:30am before taking him into Urgent Care.
Dylan was such a trooper! Everyone in the waiting room thought he was so cute. They’d decorated it for Halloween, and Dylan had a running commentary on everything he was seeing: “that spider is waiting for bugs to eat…”, “that’s the mommy spider and those are the babies…”, “that’s a Mickey Mouse pumpkin!” (yes, the Hankey Mouse phase is definitely over!), “…they’re getting ready for Halloween alright….” And, the med assistant was so impressed with Dylan, he wanted to make a glove “balloon” for him!
Anyway, when it came time to check his ears, the P.A. couldn’t see past Dylan’s wax! Apparently, this guy generates oodles. It doesn’t put him at higher risk for ear infection because the wax build-up is in front of the drum, not behind it where the infected pooled fluid is, but it may affect his hearing (and it certainly affected his exam!).
Dylan was really not looking forward to getting his ear flushed and was near tears, but luckily it was Timm who came back to do it. He was very reassuring and explained exactly what he was going to do (drops in the ear, wait 10 minutes, give the ear a bath). He was able to flush out some wax before Dylan started wincing. As soon as Timm saw this, he stopped and then blew up another glove “balloon” for Dylan. Timm was so nice, Dylan was asking where he went after he left the room!
Since they had trouble seeing past Dylan’s wax(!), the appointment took quite a long time. Afterwards, we went to pick up Dylan’s medicine — he’ll be on amoxicillin for the next 10 days — and while we waited, I nursed Cameron in the car (who, of course, was just a gem and remained asleep during the doctor’s visit!) and Dylan and I ate “lunch” (Trader Joe’s food) in the car. When Dylan saw his medicine, he was delighted: “It’s pink! Because I like pink!” At least we’re not having any trouble giving it to him (so far)!!
Back at home, it was all about chillaxin’ on the couch. Just as we were all beginning to drift off, Tom came home. Dylan was so excited to see him, the nap went out the window! He’s definitely lethargic. We put on some movies for him and gave him lots to drink (he has no appetite) and then propped Cameron up on the pillow with him for a picture. Being a big brother always makes him smile!
