In sickness and in health

Both my boys are sick.

McKay has had a lowgrade fever since Friday that has decided to turn into an ear infection. First one in over a year, but we're a bit nervous, since it took 4 months and 4 kinds of antibiotics to get rid of the last one (And two pediatricians, but that's another story.) For now it's amoxicillin two times a day for 10 days.

Dan has sore everything and has been hitting all the little bottles in the medicine cupboard hoping that something will make him feel better. I think he'll be hitting the bigger bottles shortly.

I stayed at home with the cranky child (McKay) today. We attempted to have fun, but with little success. He didn't even want to watch TV. He's been a bit off his kibble the last few days and had even lost a pound, so was looking pretty scrawny. To help him "feel better" we bought him his first chocolate milk. 8hours later, and the liter is gone.

We continue to love our pediatric practice. We called yesteday at 4pm, and were able to get an appointment this morning for 8:30. This was the first appointment that McKay didn't cry at. He had such a hard time and SO many visits for his ears last year, that he'd start howling when we pulled into the parking lot. We were very proud of him, and he even asked the Dr. if he was "going to look at my ears???".

School pictures are being taken tomorrow, with luck this will turn out. The fall ones were a disaster as McKay decided he was scared, so he, then all the other kids were crying.