First of the Season

If you are a regular visitor of this blog, you know that Nolan is prone to ear infections. I tend to blog about all his happenings...including his sickness :) A few weeks ago, he started to get a runny nose. It turned green, he got fussy, he started his cough, stopped eating like he usually does, and finally started running a temp. That is what sent us to the doctor. I knew without the fever they would tell us not to come in. So, I waited until the fever begin even though I pretty much knew what was going on. These are allllllllllllllllllll the signs Nolan gives when he has an ear infection. Last winter he had 6 of them so by now I am an expert. :)





As you can see, our sick face is still pitiful. The top pic was taken at 5 months during one of his bronchiolitis/ear infection episodes. Not much has changed except he has a little more hair and his face does not seen quite as full :) Of course, in true Nolan fashion he needed to go to the doctor on a Thursday when Dr. Ladd is off. We saw the new doctor in the practice. It took everything I had to not cut her off and just tell her to give us some antibiotics. She took forever asking questions and talking about his eating/sleep habits (turns out he has lost a little weight from not eating). All the while, Nolan was destroying the office and turning trash cans upside down. I like that she was thorough, but I knew it was an ear infection and just wanted to get out of there. So, she took a look and yes mama was right....DOUBLE EAR INFECTIONS. Poor thing :( We got our Amoxicillian (free at Publix by the way) and went home to sleep it off. As you can see, he was still well enough to be a himself...a goofball!