Another Ear Infection

Yesterday, I received a call from Chris around noon telling me that I should go and check on Colton, because he wasn't feeling good and they thought he had a fever. I hurried over to The Whitaker's (Chris was already on the road for the weekend) and I took Colton's temp. It was 101.1 and I knew the poor baby was sick because he has never run a fever that high before. I called the doctor and they couldn't see us until 4pm, so I headed back to work to finish a few things that needed to be done. Colton took a nap and Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker finally got him to drink something while I was gone. I picked him up around 3:30pm, his temperature then was 102. (While I was holding him and trying to get him calmed down, he peed all over me. My pants and shirt were soaking wet, so I had to wash them off and dry them with the hair dryer!) By the time we made it to the doctor and got back to the room, his temperature had went up to 103. The nurse gave him some Motrin to try to get his temp down, however, Colton threw it all back up. All over him and mommy! I stripped him down, cleaned both of us off and he cried non stop for at least 15 minutes. Finally he fell asleep and Dr. Buenttner came in to see him. Needless to say, he has a very bad ear infection. (Colton never even pulled at his ear) They gave him a shot (more crying!) and sent us away with ear drops, an antibiotic and instructions to give him Tylenol and Motrin every 2 hours. I met mom after she got off work so that she could take Colton home with her, so that I could run home to take a shower and to grab our things for the night. We couldn't get Colton to eat anything except ice chips last night, but at least he was getting some liquid that way. Last night he slept pretty good and he is feeling much better this morning. I've never seen him this sick before and it broke my heart to see him feel that bad. Hopefully by the time I pick him up today he is much better!