The Triathalon...

The last week has been a rather interesting one! Actually it started out April 20th with a visit to the pediatrician....

Jillian had not been sleeping very well, had run a temp, and she had been messing with her left ear pretty consistently. I called the doctor and made her an appointment. Results: "She does have some fluid in that ear. If she gets a fever again or gets worse, fill this perscription." So, I waited a sleepless night and proceeded to get her script filled the next day. Amoxicillin. 

She continued to play with her ear, her eye was goopy, and she was still waking up repeatedly in the night. May 3rd came and I took her back to the doctor. Results: "Her left ear is definitely still infected and her right seems to be heading in that direction." Omnicef.   

We are now to Thursday May 5th. Jillian still is waking up in the night! Eli wakes up with red/pink eyes! Molly's eyes are very slightly pink too! : ( So, I get on the phone and their doctor is out of the office so we see our 2nd choice of provider. Only one child needed an appointment. They wanted to see Eli because of his history of ear infections. Results: Eli definitely had an eye infection. Ears looked fine. Molly's perscription had already been called in so we were advised to just use the same drops on all of the kids (just don't touch their eye with the tip). Okay. Off to Wal-mart for meds, again! We got there and they hadn't received the script. The pharmacy guy called and the nurses/doctors/receptionists were in a meeting for another 30 minutes! FORGET IT! We loaded up and I had Trent pick up the eye drops after he was off from work. After naps, Eli looked and acted miserable :(

Eye drops went very smoothly with Molly & Jillian. Eli on the other hand....well, lets just say he continued his "spirited" attitude. (For those of you who don't know the little man - he was born with this deep deep deep passion for leadership - that's what we keep telling ourselves :) )

Saturday comes. Jillian's eyes are a bit better. Molly's eys didn't get worse. Eli's eyes were definitely improving. Jillian didn't sleep pretty much at all the night before. She was still messing with her eyes, and she got a fever the night before. Back to yet another doctor! Results: "She still has a bit of an eye infection. Her left eardrum is bulging. Her right ear doesn't look so good either!" Augmentin. My parents come to watch the kids that evening so Trent and I can go to our Bible study. About 15 minutes before we leave, Jillian decides to share her supper with my Mom! EEEEWWW! All things considered, that night was the first night Jillian slept 10 hours!!! YAY!!!!

Sunday - MOTHERS DAY. I got a patio fire pit, flowers, and a full nights sleep - my kids also sang me Happy Birthday (it's not my birthday)! :) We went to my parents for lunch. For naps, the kids usually just lay down there and watch a movie and/or fall asleep. Well, Jillian went to sleep and Molly was sobbing! Her ear hurt! Eli was just irritable.

Monday, May 9th. I call the doctor for Molly. Results: "Her eardrum is bulging! I'm surprised it hasn't burst. The other ear doesn't look good either." Omnicef. "Eli's eyes look good. He has fluid in both ears. If he gets worse, give me a call and we'll get him something too." GREAT!!

So, here we are on Wednesday. Otoscope in hand........ Molly's ears look like they are getting better. No bulging bubble thing. Eli's ears don't look too good. Jillian doesn't let me get a good look into her ears, but we are on our 4th night of 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep....so, I would guess that she is doing better.

Results: I will most likely be giving the doctor a call for Eli.

We have 3 kids. I like to think of this as an ongoing triathalon :-)

Happy racing!