Okay... I have to come clean here... I knew that the medicine was making Marcus even more miserable. I could tell. He was grouchy ALL the time, and he had been taking medicine for five days. He should have been getting better. But... it's medicine, and I have to get rid of the ear infection, right? So I kept giving it to him.
I was actually glad when daycare called yesterday and told us he had broken out in a rash that covered his whole body. This is the same reaction I get when I take any "-cillin" drug. Allergies. Gotta love 'em.
So Chris called and got him Zithromax instead. He put Marcus in his crib at 5pm last night with no dinner because the little guy was clearly tired. Chris also knew we'd be getting new medicine, so we'd have to wake him for that anyway, and we could feed him then.
When I got home from work, I read the bottle. "Can be taken with or without food," it said. (HOORAY! No tummy aches!) "1 tsp every day for three days," it said. (HOORAY! The evil stuff was 1 tsp. twice a day for ten days!) And finally it said, "Use enclosed dropper." (HOORAY! No more forcing Marcus to drink from a shot glass!) Makes me wonder why we can't just start with this stuff.
So... since he only needs it once a day, I decided not to wake him. Let him sleep. The poor guy needed it.
Did he ever!
14.5 hours later at 7:30 am, he woke up. He was whimpering a bit in his crib, and I'm glad he was, because I was about to go put a mirror under his nose. When I opened his door to say good morning, he popped one of those killer smiles. He had not smiled since Wednesday, I think. It was a glorious vision. Angels sang. And I don't even really believe in angels. It was that good.
Daycare reported that he slept for a total of five hours today. Then, when we got him home, he couldn't keep his eyes open past 5:30. We gave him a bottle, but he only took half. My biggest concern at the moment is hydration. His diapers have been pretty dry, and I'm having trouble getting fluids in him. But overall, he is quite a bit better than yesterday. I'm so glad to finally be seeing improvement.
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The reason they always start you on a 'cillin drug is because they don't want the germs to get resistant to the heavier-hitters like Zithromax.
Therefore, they let the old-timer players like the 'cillins take a swing at it first.
I'm allergic to tetracycline, BTW. Gives me anxiety attacks.
Oh good...Marcus is smiling and feeling better! YAY Im so glad.
Some evil bio warfare is going on. I just know it.
I'm allergic to sulfa drugs. I'll be interested to see if Ian is too. I'm glad Marcus is feeling better.
Yeah, I can't do sulfa either. Athena had no problem with her meds. But she is a Chris-clone, where Marcus is more a me-clone.
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