Sick Again

I keep hearing that Aerosmith song in my head, "Same 'ole Song and Dance". It's Friday night and Sophia has been battling sickness again. We took her to the doctors a week ago and the pediatrician said she had an ear infection in both ears. As I write this, Sophia is sleeping and Sarah is laying in bed with a cold as well. In any case, we made an appointment for Sophia to see the pediatrician again today, because she has continued to run a fever throughout the week. She said the ears still look infected. This time she got an antibiotic shot in the leg. Now that is not something fun to experience as a parent. First of all the nurse asks you to hold down her arms. All I am thinking now is, "You have just made me an accomplice". When she looks at me she is going to think, you two are the ones. Now we havent even gotten to the needle. As I am holding down Sophia's arms, and trying to distract her, the nurse inserts the needle into her thigh. Once second I am looking at a confused face and the next..........the quietest cry in the world. One of those cries that starts off with the look of excruciating pain, mouth open, eyes closed and crying and chin shaking. The silence seems to last forever, and then becomes audible. Sarah suggested I bring a bottle for this, good thing she did. As soon as I got her up, I had the bottle in her mouth. This seemed to appease her.

I will keep you posted on her wellness. Instead of refering to her sickness, I am going to try and act positive. On the brightside, when she is sick now, she doesnt have the pressure in her ears as she did before the tubes.