So Bun was sick over the weekend. She had a runny nose last week, and Friday coughed a little and got a fever Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, and then Sunday broke out in a rash all over.
Mid-sized city is pretty under-doctored, so they discourage you from seeking appointments unless you know an illness is urgent. I've been pretty trained that way, and, besides, the pediatrics practice we go to was closed from 3:30 Friday to Tuesday morning because of the holiday weekend. The fever went away on its own, and Bun didn't seem to actually be feeling that bad, so we didn't worry about it. We had a debate over whether to take her to the doc on Tuesday, but I decided to, if only to find out when the rash might go away.
Turns out she had an ear infection and her eardrum ruptured. Bun apparently has the pain tolerance that her older sister had at that age, which I guess I knew from the broken arm incident, (Oddly enough, Offspring is a total Polly Prissypants now, but that's another story), because we really didn't suspect ears.
Anyway, Bun is still happy as a clam, still a Spotty Dottie some times (apparently, the rash will show up whenever she gets hot for up to 5 weeks!) and has to both take pink stuff and get antibiotic eardrops, which are fun for the whole family.
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Poor Bun. It's nice that she's still comfortable though. Every time Bean got an ear infection she was absolutely miserable!
Oh, the little dear. So sorry to hear this. Hope she gets well soon.
Wow! That is some pain tolerance....that has GOT to hurt! Poor thing.
awww, poor Bun. hoping she gets better soon!
Wow! But I bet she felt better after the eardrum finally gave way. One of my labmates had a ruptured eardrum a couple months ago. He seemed to be worst just before it happened. Afterwards he had some balance issues and couldn't hear on that side for a while, but now he's the same as he ever was.
Hope you don't have to fight too hard to get the eardrops in...
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