1st Antibiotics

This past Tuesday Ava had her first dose of antibiotics. She is a strong and healthy girl that has always fought off her colds without medicine, but this time the cold won. We have all been sick since the Tuesday before Christmas and we just couldn't shake it. We have spent a lot of sleepless nights with Ava in the Lazy Boy comforting her and holding her so she would sleep. We hoped the cold would go away, but on Tuesday she began to spike a high fever and the Tylenol didn't work. I was pretty concerned, so I called Rich and he was able to come home for his nursing home rounds to check Ava out. He looked in her ears and they were both very red. Since the Tylenol didn't work we decided to call the doctor. Fortunately we got in that day and the F.N.P. confirmed she had an ear infection in both ears.

On the way home we stopped for the antibiotics. As soon as we got home she had her first dose (1 1/2 tsp., twice a day, for 10 days). At first Ava wasn't sure what to make of the eye dropper full of thick pink stuff. She made a few funny faces, but then gobbled it up. We were worried that it was going to be difficult to get her to finish all of her medicine, but I don't think we will have a problem. Ava gets excited when we take the medicine out of the refrigerator and continues to gobble it down. Hopefully she will continue to take her medicine just as easily in the future.

We are happy to report that Ava is feeling much better. She has slept almost all the way through the night alone the past couple nights. Now that her ears are healing we just have to deal with her teething.

Rich giving Ava antibiotics.....yummy!

Ava, Luca, and I preparing for a long night. I have spent the last couple of weeks with Ava and Luca on my lap. Rich did relieve me a few nights...thanks!!