It started as what we believe was croup, almost two weeks ago, and on Monday when things should have been getting better, they started getting worse and we took him to the doctor. She prescribed some meds and said good luck.
It's times like these that I don't even care how late it is, how little sleep I've gotten over the past few weeks and especially the past couple nights. Especially after watching the story of the Manning family and how close they are/were and the fact that I have two sons, I just felt so much love for them that after crying through parts of the film I now found myself crying while seeing my boys together in Ezra's bed.
Hopefully that was the last of the bad nights and that it gets better from here. There is nothing worse than seeing your sweet baby in pain and being of no help to him. But I hope he's learning just how much we love him and how there's nothing he can do to change that.
I don't think Ezra ever had a full-blown ear infection before, just what was probably the beginnings of one, because we have never experienced what Colter has been putting us through, bless his heart.
The Mayo Clinic lists these symptoms:
- Ear pain, especially when lying down
- Tugging or pulling at an ear
- Difficulty sleeping
- Crying more than usual
- Acting more irritable than usual
- Difficulty hearing or responding to sounds
- Loss of balance
- Fever of 100 F (38 C) or higher
- Drainage of fluid from the ear
- Headache
And my poor Colter has had all of these. Two nights ago he was up all night crying and nothing we could do made him stop. So I finally got him to sleep at 7 am and he slept til noon. He was fairly happy (well mostly lethargic) yesterday but once night hit he was very much upset and in pain and wouldn't stop crying until Justin went to bed around 11:00. Colter and I stayed up watching The Book of Manning (highly recommend, btw) and I went to feed him upstairs and get him to sleep at 12:30 and that's when Ezra (who fell asleep in the car at 6:30) woke up so me and the boys went downstairs once again to watch Curious George and feed Ezra spaghetti. At 1:30 we decided to try to sleep and Ezra wanted me and Colter to sleep in his queen size bed with him. It was freezing in his room cause Justin had the windows open earlier and forgot to shut them so it was really cold. We read books together and finally, around 2, fell asleep. But before we all zonked out I couldn't help but snap a few photos of my cute sons snuggling up.
Justin pointed out that the cool thing about going through these hard days with Colter is so good for our relationship with him. We are building a trust in him that hopefully is proving our commitment and love for him. Nothing he can do can make me not want to be there to take care of him, no matter how late it is, no matter how many hours he's been crying, no matter how tired we all are. It doesn't matter. He's not getting rid of us
that easily.
that easily.
It's nice to have someone around to help when things get hard. Even though Justin has to get up early and go to work, he'll always volunteer to stay up with the boys if needs be, and I'm glad I could finally pitch in last night and give him a break. He's such a good dad.
Sorry (not sorry) if this post was boring/sappy. I have like two followers anyway so I'm like, I'm just gonna write whatever the heck I want. Deal with it.
:)
1 comment:
Ha ha!! No one really reads my blog either.... I think instagram has taken over. Hope he gets feeling better! Sick kids are the worst!!!!
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