Long story short, what was causing Swe-cha's cough, cold and low-grade fever eventually gave him pink eye and an ear infection as well. We saw the doctor a week after the first set of symptoms showed up and requested some medication to help alleviate his congestion. We went back to see the doctor when his fever kept coming back and a new symptom cropped up - red & crusty eyes. Rx for antibiotics (Augmentin) was given but this made him throw up and have diarrhea all the time. I asked for this to be changed the next day and was given Omnicef which seemed to agree with his tummy a bit better (this only gave him diarrhea, no more throwing up). We then had to give him Probiotics supplements to try and help him w/ the diarrhea.
Swe-cha has been cooperative when it came to getting him his medicine. His eyedrops were a different matter altogether. His pedia told us that the bacteria causing the ear infection, eye infection and cough/colds were one and the same and that the antibiotics (Augmentin / Omnicef) should address that BUT she did prescribe us some eyedrops to cover all the bases. The eyedrops were supposed to be given to him 3x a day for 7 days, each time was a struggle! I am very relieved that we are past day 7 and are done with the drops.
Not surprisingly, the past few weeks brought some sleep issues for Swe-cha:
- He's on a weird time schedule. Wakes up at 3p and goes to bed between 4 to 6am.
- He needs to be carried upright and rocked to sleep.
- He needs his milk in order to fall asleep. He asks for milk all night long.
We're in for some sleep-training again.
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