Sick Day

This face pretty much sums up life right now

We're battling sick and lots of fussiness in our house right now. Tuesday we took Cole to the doctor because his ear infection didn't seem to be gone after he finished his antibiotics. Turns out it was still there so doctor put him on a different antibiotic. Tuesday night Eli said his tummy hurt and he was very cranky. Wednesday morning both boys seemed normal, no fever and Eli was running all over so we sent them to school. About 10am I got a call that Cole had a fever of 100.6 and then two minutes later, they called me about Eli - he had a fever of 100.3. So Tim picked both boys up and stayed home with them for the afternoon. I took Cole back to the doctor this morning and it was scary that his temp at the doc's office was 101.3 under the arm. She said it looked like his right ear was worse than Tuesday so she switched him to a different (3rd) antibiotic to try to get it cleared up. Eli was with us and was very well behaved. We managed to go to Target to get Cole's prescription without incident (whew!). The day was tough in that Cole didn't want to be anywhere that wasn't on me (he has even been fussing right now for Tim). It's obvious that he's miserable and we're trying to keep him as comfortable as we can. It was tough being home with both of them today and, I must confess that Eli got way more tv time that I normally like but it was an extreme circumstance. The plan is to send Eli to school tomorrow (weather permitting) but to keep Cole home again. He still seems hot tonight and if this is a virus, his fever should break soon. If not, we've been told to go back to the doctor's office this weekend. I hope it doesn't go to that - I'm having flashbacks of January when Eli had to be admitted to the hospital.

Unfortunately, in all of this, we cancelled our trip to my parents' house for this weekend. We were supposed to see my grandparents for Christmas but it wouldn't be good for the boys to travel sick or take that to my grandparents' house. We'll miss the celebration, good food and family but it's necessary. We do hope to get this all cleared up before Christmas Day - keep your fingers crossed for us.

One of our happier moments today - Eli creating with Play doh