Another one...

Poor Ellie has yet another ear infection. She had a low-grade fever Monday evening that we attributed to teething -- which seemed logical since we can feel one of her top teeth coming through. But an hour into day care on Tuesday, I got a call with the news that her temp had spiked to 102. I got her into see the doctor Tuesday afternoon, and she discovered the new infection in her left ear. (The one from just three weeks ago was in her right ear... but it has to be some sort of record that she got a new ear infection within five days of finishing her antibiotics for the last one.)
We were lucky to get some help last night from a friend, Holly, who I work with at the newspaper. I had a special nighttime assignment for work that I couldn't get out of and Brian had his monthly Science Cafe, a program he organizes for Purdue. We had originally set up for Ellie to go to the neighbor's for a couple hours, but we didn't want to expose their son to Ellie's germs. So Holly came over at the last minute and watched Ellie. It sounds like they had a pretty good time, considering that Ellie was sick and cranky. And we were SO grateful for the last-minute help! Last night was one of those times that we realized how hard it is not to have any family in town. We're lucky to have friends we can impose on in a jam :)
Ellie's fever is still raging today. It was 101.8 this morning, but seems to have gone back down with a new round of Tylenol (generic, since the name brand stuff has all been recalled).
Not only is it heartbreaking to see Ellie hurting, she's not allowed back to day care until she's been fever-free for 24 hours. I'm at home with her for a couple hours this morning and then will head into work when Brian gets done with a meeting he had to attend. He's taking the rest of the day off to run daddy-day-care.
The new ear infection means we have an appointment to see an ear, nose and throat doctor at the beginning of June. Ellie may have some tubes in her future... but we'll see. Since we're at or near the end of the cold season, there's still a chance she might not need them. But we hate seeing her with all these ear infections.
Here's hoping for a quick recovery for our baby girl.