Sick Baby

I was hoping that I would make it through this winter season without a sick baby (beyond a cold) but it happened sooner rather than later. Anna was sick last week with a cold. After a couple days, she developed croup so we brought her in to the doctor. Her left ear was infected so she started on amoxicillin. Antibiotics are always dreadful in infants because they typically cause diarrhea and quite frankly, it's miserable changing all those diapers and seeing a red, rashy bum. Not to mention that this is what I think is the dreaded start of ongoing ear infections. I think back to Meredith who had infection after infection that wouldn't go away until she got tubes.

Anyhow, the antibiotics have given her colitis. Poor girl is having the worst time with poops and has had all sorts of bloody diarrhea so we went back to the doctor today. Her left ear was not infected anymore but now her right ear is. We have to stop the antibiotics because they are making her sick. We can't try another kind like augmentin because it is even worse on your body so now she has to battle this other ear infection on her own so her intestines can get better.

Poor girl - she is just a train wreck right now. And she is so congested on top of things. Her nose will not stop running. I just hope she gets better soon. If she is not improving by Monday, we have to start doing stool samples. Blech.