the never ending fever

A few weeks ago, Julianna developed some congestion and runny nose. She acted like she didn't feel well and sometimes said that her ears hurt. After about nine days of that and a spike in her fever, I took her to the doctor to check her out. Her doctor did an exam and said that I had used good judgement when I decided to bring her in at that point. She has a slight ear infection and "cloudy" mucus. The doctor said that she had the baby equivalent of a sinus infection. He put her on an antibiotic to help clear it up. He said that if she wasn't better by Friday (this was Tuesday) then to give him a call.

Things seemed okay. But, on Thursday she spiked a fever in the late afternoon. I decided that it was close enough to Friday and since we were heading into the weekend, I made another appointment for her to see the doctor. By Friday morning there was no fever, but the doctor saw fluid behind her ears and said that the ear infection had not cleared up. He switched her to a stronger antibiotic to see if we could get it cleared up.

By Saturday afternoon she had another fever. I decided to just wait and see since she had only had one dose of the new meds. However, this morning, (Tuesday) her nose is running on high and she has another fever. This is day five of the super drugs. How is it that she could still have an infection? This worries me. I have a call into the doctor and am waiting for the nurse to call me back.

Today is not a good day for illness. Poor Julianna is going to be drug all over this afternoon and evening. It will be one more stop if the doctor wants to see her. Lily and Drew and dentist appointments and Lily has a swimming lesson. I have no idea how I am going to juggle all of this with a spunky little toddler that's not feeling well. Oh, and Drew doesn't nap, so he's perpetually tired. For him, this means lots of hanging on Mommy and whining at full throttle. His loveliness will be a nice addition to our hurried evening. Yay!

I will be sure to update later on how Julianna is, what the doctor says, and let you know how we all survive our packed after school schedule.