A Couple of Firsts

Ivy turned 8 months today. Last night she just wasn’t acting herself; she was grumpy and grumbly and tired, so I took her temperature and put her to bed. At bedtime – about 6:30 last night – her temperature was just over 100. Instead of waking up to eat in the middle of the night, she woke up to moan and whine, which is very uncharacteristic of her. I brought her in bed with me so that we would both feel better.

In the morning, her temperature was soaring at 104.3 and all she wanted to do was sleep. When we finally woke her up, she just laid there and looked at me with bleary, red eyes. No big happy smiles, no rolling or trying to sit. We called the doctor and got an appointment made.

Prognosis: ear infection in her left ear (she’s only ever grabbed at her right one, and never for pain). We were sent home with antibiotics and instructions to dose up on acetaminophen.

Poor thing has been so sleepy and sickly L This is the first ear infection and high fever we’ve ever dealt with, so we’re all in new territory. Hopefully the antibiotics do their thing quickly.

8/29 – Update!

The antibiotics seem to be working and she smiled a little bit this morning when she was nomming down her meds. Her temp was at just over 98, so that’s down too. She’s still feeling ‘blah’ but it’s nice to see her smile again.