Sick Again (part 2)

We followed up with Dr. David and he seemed to think that we had just encountered a streak of bad luck and that she had another virus. Thankfully, we didn't have to go through another spinal tap! I think it may have killed me to have to watch her go through that again. He sent us home with strict instructions to take her temp every 6 hours and call him with the results. He even gave us his personal cell phone. I guess you know that the doctor is pretty worried when he tells you to call his personal phone if you are worried at all. Poor baby! We gave her lots of extra snuggles.
On March 30, the day before she was suppose to get her 2 month shots she started running temps in the 100's again. Again, we notified Dr. David and he wanted to see her in his office right away. She had been pretty crabby the previous 24 hours and he just wanted to take a look at her again. Her cold symptoms seemed to be done but when he looked at her Right ear he said it looked terrible. Our poor children have all  gotten my genetics as far as ear infections go. Dr. David likes to be very thorough so when there was a tiny piece of wax in the way he held her down and dug it out. Poor baby was crying harder than I had ever heard her cry. It truly was a "I'm in pain" cry. He gave her Tylenol in the office and told me to stay until she calmed down. At least that is what I could hear him say over all the crying. I tried to get her to nurse, I held her, I walked around with her but nothing seemed to ease her pain. I felt helpless. Finally, she stopped crying so we headed home quick. On my way home I get a call from Dr. David asking why I left because he maybe still wanted to do blood work on her. I hadn't heard that over all the crying. He decided he could postpone it for now but wanted to see how the next 24 hours went.
We got a call from Dr. David daily for 4 days asking how she was doing and he wanted hospital like updates everyday. We started writing everything down because he wanted such detailed accounts of how each day went. The Amoxicillin started to take affect after about the first 24 hours and we had our happy baby back!
Whew, this little girl is giving us a run for our money!