Double Ear Infection

That's what the doctor said today, when I brought Maya in.

Poor baby! She was sick (like the rest of us), and seemed to get better... But over the past few days, her appetite disappeared, she was whimpering a little in her sleep, and waking throughout the night. Last night, she had a low-grade fever, but responded well to some ibuprofen. And when she woke up this morning with copious amounts of yellow snot (sorry... it's an important detail), I knew I had to bring her in.

The doctor took one look in her right ear and immediately announced that it was bright pink-- definitely infected. Her left ear was also pink, but not quite so bad. She wrote us a prescription for some antibiotics, which we picked up after a brief trip to Target.

Anyway, it's funny. She has still been pretty darn happy for someone with a double ear infection! Either she has a high pain tolerance, or else she is just an incredibly happy child to begin with. I ran into someone I knew while at Target, and she had never met Maya before. Her first comment was that she was "such a beautiful, happy little girl." With a double ear infection!! Funny kid. She's sleeping well now, so hopefully the antibiotics are doing their job. We have a follow-up appointment next week. Fingers crossed that the infections are good and gone by then!