A Mother's Instincts

Des has had a cold for about 2.5 weeks now with lots of congestion and yellow, runny nose. His appetite has been lacking and Mama has been suspecting an ear infection but when he had his 9 month “well” visit on Mon, the new doctor said that his ears were fine. But yesterday, Des was so upset all day and kept pulling on his ear and spiked a fever of 102 last night.

Even though he didn't have a fever this morning, Mama just knew things weren't alright with the little Man, so she took him to the doctor's and sure enough when our regular, experienced pediatrician checked him out, his left ear was infected.

The doctor initially couldn’t see well into his left ear b/c there was too much wax, so he had to dig out the wax to get a clear look. So we suspect that his ear was infected on Mon, just 2 days prior, but the new inexperienced incompetent pediatrician couldn’t see it due to the wax that was there. Needless to say that we will avoid scheduling appointments with her in the future. Lesson learned from this is that a mother’s instincts are usually right and should not be ignored!!!

Stella was so sweet yesterday during Des’s illness. Her maternal instincts kicked in and she brought him his socks for his chilly feet b/c Mama had commented how chilly his hands and his feet were and she also encouraged him to take his medicine (Motrin for his fever) telling him "that it’s good for you." How sweet!!!