Oops he did it again..

Ear infection number seven and counting. Last night brought me mind numblingly back to the early weeks of babyhood and inconsolable crying (sorry pregnant women reading this). It was heart poundingly difficult as I first ruled out any major medical problems (I forgot to mention that I got a medical degree online last year) and then realized, that no he is not suffering from an aneurysm, he is simply so hopelessly worked up that it took A LOT of comforting and distraction techniques before he got it all worked out of his system. He would calm down and then rear up again. It was really difficult and didn't exactly bring out the best in Dave or myself (because we were tired and freaked out). Ironically I had just bragged the other day about what a great sleeper he is and he is, except when he is sick. And boy he is sick, he has ear infection in the right ear AND RSV. So today he got a shot of an antibiotic and has to go back to the doctors office for two more shots. It's somehat comical when the doc wondrously announces that your child has something other than an ear infection. Needless to say, we are scheduled for ear tube surgery at the end of March because enough is enough. The poor guy is sick once again, and while I know lots of kids get colds all the time, getting a cold and then an ear infection and all the pain and fever associated with it just plain sucks. And while his speech, may or not be delayed due to his ears, this way we can just take that whole variable right out of the equation.

Great, then why am I so stressed? Oh yeah, exhaustion, concern about the Mizz, Dave leaving for two weeks, and work being incredibly complicated right now. I will just have to breathe, hug Max, and knit a lot.