First Ear Infection

The biggest update from us as of late is that Jaxson has developed his first ear infection. The last few days have been bumpy. Sunday night right after we had put Jayden to bed, I noticed that Jaxson felt really warm so I decided to take his temperature. It showed that he had a 102 degree fever, so I immediately stripped him down to just a diaper and gave him some Infant's Tylenol. No matter what we tried his fever just didn't seem to break, and when it did it was only for a couple of hours...and then it just skyrocketed. We tried cool baths, Pedialyte, keeping a fan circulating cold air. He was cranky, lethargic, flushed, wouldn't eat or drink, couldn't sleep unless it was just short bursts, etc. Needless to say it's been a crazy few days. I took yesterday and Monday off of work to help Aaron care for him and also to try catching up on sleep since the last few nights have been sleepless. We tried to get him to the doctor yesterday to no avail so we decided that we would have to take him to the walk in clinic first thing today. This morning about 2:00am I checked his temperature again and it was up to 104. So for the better part of the last 2 and a half days, Jaxson has had a fever ranging from 101-104 degrees. I felt awful for him, I felt nervous and scared, and just plain exhausted. Luckily, we were able to get his fever to break again around 3am so we didn't have to take him to the emergency room and Aaron was able to get him in to see the doctor at the walk-in clinic.

Doctor confirmed that he has an ear infection and he's now on antibiotics so I hope he will be feeling better soon and we will all be a little more rested in the coming days. My poor baby... I'm so sad he's been ill, but I'm glad to know that he should only be getting better from here on out!