Ear infections…
February 11, 2008 | Updates
There’s not much to write this week. Wednesday, Samuel threw up at school. Tuesday night he had a fever again, so I was wondering if maybe his cold had turned into a sinus infection or ear infection. In addition, the last 3 times I had given Nathan a bath, I had noticed him pulling at his right ear. So, I took them both to the doctor and Nathan had a bad ear infection in his right ear while Samuel’s was just a bit red and mostly hidden by ear wax. So, they are both on antibiotics for 10 days and then we go back to have their ears checked again and have the wax flushed out of Samuel’s. That should be a real treat. Samuel threw a fit just because the doctor looked in his ears. I swear, his aversion for doctors is getting worse and worse, but honestly who can blame him. I’d feel the same way.
Not much else going on. Samuel is baulking at his “anti-roll” device, but we are pushing forward with it anyway. He has such determination when he doesn’t want to do something. He cried for 45 minutes in it the other night because I simply refused to take it off until he stopped crying about it. But when I get fed up with his determination, I realize it is that determination that causes him to keep trying and trying after 2 1/2 years of trying to recover. We NEED that determination. It’s a good thing.
I’ve been showing Nathan the little 3 x 5 word cards I use with Samuel just for fun. Nathan, of course, will only spend about 5 seconds looking at them. (Samuel’s attention span is much better.) But tonight (after only a week of seeing them), he brought me a magnent off the fridge that had one of the boy’s name on it and I could tell he was asking me what it said. He knew it was a word, which is really impressive. He understood that it said something. He just didn’t know what. Pretty cool for an 18 month old.
Well, that’s about it for this week. But I realized I forgot to send notification to everyone about last week’s post, so you may not have read it yet. Keep scrolling down if you feel inclined to do so… And keep praying for our little guy.
Love,
The Jewkes
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