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So much for saying Sarah was feeling better from her ear infection! When I took her to the doctor last week, she had the early stages of a runny nose but I had hoped it would just go away. Now a week later she has a full blown stuffy/runny nose and is NOT a happy girl. Poor thing can’t breathe to eat, can’t sleep…it’s been miserable. To top it off she has been painfully grabbing her ears again.
I called the doctor hoping she could just prescribe a 2nd round of antibiotics over the phone and she refused. So now I have to take her in again. I have school tomorrow and then I’m off for Spring Break. DH is off the whole week. So we’re debating on whether he should take her tomorrow or we can both take her Thursday morning. Right now I’m leaning towards tomorrow! She needs another/different antibiotic than the Omnicef she’s on now. Soooooo, when talking to my doc. on the phone she finally asked “How many ear infections has she had?” I said “This will make number 7!”. She is going to refer us to a ped. ENT. Unfortunately that is over an hour away but it’s worth it to make all these infections go away.
Well, surprise surprise she is screaming in her bed. Gotta go!
Poor baby!Thanks Denise!
I wanted to ask everyone…what on earth can you do for a stuffy nose? She screams bloody murder with the sucker ball and saline drops. The amount of crying she does after that defeats the purpose of even sucking it out b/c she creates more. I have a warm mist humidifier in her room. I also have been giving her some zyrtec we had left over from her ear infection in February. Does Benadryl work better? Can I give the two together? I’m also having to give Motrin b/c I know her ears are bothering her so I don’t want to give her TOOOOOOOOOOOO many medicines…she’s already on Zegerid and her antibiotic but man I’d do anything for her to be able to breathe!
Poor Sarah!
Uggg…how I hate those stuffy nose ailments. They can’t eat, they can’t sleep and they are miserable. As for what helps, I really don’t think there’s a whole lot you can do besides use the saline drops, and maybe some benadryl. I’m not sure if you can use Zyrtec and Benadryl together. I probably would not since they can both have a sedative effect. One thing I read is that cool mist is better than warm mist for humidifiers. The bulb syringe never worked very well for my babies either. As soon as your done sucking out the nose it just fills right up again.
I hope you can get her on another antibiotic soon.
I’m sorry Sarah’s so miserable!
Vicks VapoRub might help clear her nose a little. It’s really more for coughs, but I’ve found it helps a stuffy nose too.I hope she feels better soon.
I’ll go to the store today and get some Little Noses. I’m sure she’ll scream if I go anywhere near her nose but maybe it will be worth it. She doesn’t even like to have her mouth wiped off after she eats!!! I had forgotten about the Vicks Baby Rub…I’ll try that too.
DH took her to the doctor today and she now has a double ear infection (it was just one ear last week). They prescribed Zithromax so I’ll be anxious to give her dose. DH had to take her back to daycare after the appointment b/c he was leaving the house before I got off work. Daycare text messaged me and said to leave her until 5 (instead of 3:45 when I usually get there) so I could relax and have some mommy time. Yay me! Now…what am I going to do with myself for 2 hours? Nap? Hot bath? Pack? Look for a place to live?
amy0013 wrote: She doesn’t even like to have her mouth wiped off after she eats!!!
Look for a place to live?
I hear you on the mouth wiped bit. Alana just screams. We now just give her a facial wipe and she kind of dose it herself when she trys to put it in her mouth (she never trys to chew or swallow it or anything…very bizzare).
LOL
. Maybe you could pitch a tent somewhere?
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