Grace Has Been Sick

On Sunday afternoon Grace woke up from her nap with a temp of 102. Her nose had been running for a couple of weeks, but so had everyone elses. Other the the fever she showed no signs of illness. We battled high temps, up to 105, all night. Before you panic Grace, like her momma, tends to run VERY high temps when she is sick. Monday morning we went to see Dr. Amy. She was surprised to see us, Grace has only been sick once before.

Grace had a very, very red throat and a RAGING ear infection in her left ear, the right looked perfect. She not only had an ear infections, there was pus behind the ear drum. This child had not tugged on her ear once. She had not exhibited any signs of illness until the fever. She got a big, bad shot and ten days of oral antibiotics. When I say bad shot, I mean bad shot. Has anybody ever had a shot of Rocephin? I had never heard of it. My sister in law, who works at a clinic, said that she had seen grown men with tears in their eyes after having a shot of Rocephin. It is very painful as it works it's way into your system.

Poor little Grace was hurting so bad. Grace only cries when she is faking it or she is truly uncomfortable/in pain. She cried her eyes out for an hour after the shot was given. I have never wanted to take her out of her car seat so badly. All I could do was put my arms around her.

She battled temps Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday night her temp went up to 105. Motrin/Tylenol wasn't helping. I bathed her with cold cloths and it finally went down. Wednesday her fever broke. Not being able to help your child is the worst. I can't believe that there were no signs that she was sick. My girl is tough.

Grace is on the mend and has had no fever for two days. I pray all signs of infection are gone by the time she finished the antibiotic.