We've had our first ear infection

The past few days have been full. Tuesday morning Kegan woke up with a terrible cough. Each time he would cough he would just start crying out in pain. Luckily, Matthew was already planning on being at work late because both he and Kegan were going to the chiropractor. (Kegan goes for his acid reflux - it is amazing to watch them work on an infant - no popping or cracking is involved.) Matthew was feeling terrible too - a fever, coughing, etc... so he called his mom in to help him out with Kegan at the chiropractor and for when he went to the doctor. Kegan continued to get worse as the morning went on so Matthew called and made a doctors appointment for 4:00 that afternoon. Kegan spent the day with his Grandma. She spent most of the day holding him and trying to comfort him. Poor little man - his nose was clogged and he was coughing and between those two he could not get a good nap and he was not eating well. At 3:00 Mrs. Setliff came and picked me up form school and we rushed down to Corpus for his appointment. By the time we got there he was running a 100.9 temperature. When we saw the doctor I had to do one of the hardest things I have had to do for Kegan. When the doctor looked in his ear he said it looked red, but there was some wax in the way that he would have to get out. I was holding him and had to hold his head down, while Mrs. Setliff was holding his arms out of the way, while the doctor took this small probe and began to dig the wax out of Kegan's ear. It must have hurt him real bad because he was screaming and crying and trying to wiggle away as hard as he could...oh it seemed to last forever. Finally the doctor got it cleaned out (thank goodness...I don't know how long I could have kept holding him...it was just killing me to hear him scream like that and oh...the big tears that rolled down his face). He looked in his ear again and said it was defiantly red and he had an infection. Kegan was put on an antibiotic, some ear drops (as needed), and a cough medicine (as needed), and Tylenol to bring down his temperature.

By the next morning, after only one dose of the antibiotic, Kegan was already feeling better. He woke up smiling and talking, ready to start his day. The doctor suggested we keep him at home for at least a day to let the medicine kick in and also so he could get a little more special care so...in stepped Grandma. Kegan got to spend all Wednesday with her. From what I heard when I got home from work - they had a GREAT day together, he was back to his happy self, and he was probably a little spoiled! :) In fact, I even heard his Grandpa stopped by for a little bit that morning to come and hold him.

This morning he was still doing good - sleeping through the night and everything! In fact, I think he was a bit perturb at us for waking him up at 6:30, again. When I went to go pick him up this afternoon, they said he had a great day at day care. Hopefully this means we found the infection in time to stop it before it really got bad.

I heard from my mom today that Karsyn, his cousin, has an ear infection, too. Poor Ms. Karsyn. We hope she gets to feeling better. Kegan can certainly relate with her about how uncomfortable they are.

Tomorrow is school picture day for Kegan. Isn't that so cute? I can't believe my baby is getting his first school pictures! Oh yes, for those of you who have not seen Kegan in a while, when we weighed him at the doctors he was 13 lbs. 4oz. Little man better be careful or he is going to become a chunky monkey. I will still think he is a cutie pie! :) Sorry there are no pictures this time - I will try to get some on here soon.