The poor thing was in so much pain, we took her to the ER. I was going to try to keep it under control until we could go to her Dr. on Monday, but my sister made a good point....we sit in the ER for 3 hours (& pay the $100), or she suffers for the next 30 something hours until Monday. They gave her some Amoxicilin, Motrin, anti-nausea, and some numbing drops for inside her ear. Within 30 - 40 minutes she was a totally different kid (as in, back to normal)!
She fell asleep (after take some Tylenol) on the heater vent.
She hates taking medicine, especially when she has to drink it out of a cup, so the nurse let me use a syringe. She did the Amoxicilin ok, complained a bit, but still took it. Then they gave her an anti-nausea tablet (which just dissolved on her tongue), then came the motrin. Oh man she did not want to take it. She absolutely refused! She was turning away, crying, begging, telling me 'no, I don't want'. When the nurse asked if she wanted her to help with it Renee told her, 'I don't want you to do anything to me!!' Whoa! That is not my kid. I tried a little more when the nurse finally suggested she take it through the syringe, or we could give her a shot. Her little mouth popped right open! She still didn't like it, but that worked. I used it again this morning for her 2nd dose of Amoxicilin (the nurse said I could). They also gave her some numbing drops for inside her ear. While we were waiting I was watching for a reaction to the Amoxicilin because Adam had an allergic reaction when he was young, thankfully, Renee did not. She ended up asking for food (we brought crackers), water, and was humming Christmas songs by the time they were re-checking her. The Nurse Practitioner let us go with out having to wait another hour (or more) to see a doctor. When we came home, she went straight to bed and slept so well.
When I checked on her before I went to bed she was just soaking with sweat. I had given her the rice sock (warmed up) for her ear, but it was too hot so she just wanted to hold it. Well, it just cooked her under her blankets. So, I changed her out of her warm jammies. When she got up this morning and saw herself in the mirror she asked, 'When did I get these jammies on?' She's too cute!
This pic is from this morning, eating breakfast, watching 'How To Train Your Dragon', feeling SO much better!
The poor thing was in so much pain, we took her to the ER. I was going to try to keep it under control until we could go to her Dr. on Monday, but my sister made a good point....we sit in the ER for 3 hours (& pay the $100), or she suffers for the next 30 something hours until Monday. They gave her some Amoxicilin, Motrin, anti-nausea, and some numbing drops for inside her ear. Within 30 - 40 minutes she was a totally different kid (as in, back to normal)!
