At T's 9 month appointment, he got a flu shot. It was probably just coincidence, and he was probably coming down with something already, but T ended up getting a pretty bad cold with a fever for a couple of days, a runny nose, cough, congestion... the whole gamut of symptoms. Of course, he passed it onto Mommy, and then to Daddy. It seems getting sick is all a part of having a baby.
Anyhow, 2 weeks after his appointment, T was still really congested, coughing and sneezing out gook. Pretty gross. Mommy decided it was time to see the pediatrician because something wasn't right. Our mostly happy camper was running on maybe 60%.
So, off to the pediatrician we went. Diagnosis - the little guy had an ear infection. Everything now made sense. We were under the impression that babies pulled their ear, had a fever, or something when they had an ear infection. Apparently not, that's more of what a toddler does (at least the ear pulling). We immediately started T on antibiotics (he loves it. Bet there's a lot of sugar in there or something that makes it so pink) and within a day he was 90% back to being a happy camper. A whole week later, he's back. =)
Moral of the story - go with Mommy's instinct. Mommy's always know best. =)
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