Today is Matthew's third day in a row to miss school. Friday morning he woke up with a fever of 103. We gave him some Tylenol but as the morning went on he said his ear was hurting a lot and then he started to complain that his throat hurt. He took more Tylenol at 12:30 and by the time he got to the doctor for his 2:30 appointment his fever was back up to 102! The doctor said he has a raging ear infection, strep throat and his lymph nodes are very swollen (by this point you could SEE the lumps in his neck). When he got home from the doctor he went straight to the couch and went to sleep. He slept all night except when we woke him up to give him his antibiotic and to make him drink something.
Saturday he slept most of the day too. We couldn't get his fever under control with Tylenol and so we changed to Motrin and presto, his fever was down. He still looked miserable, but he didn't look as lifeless as he did before the Motrin. Sunday was pretty much like Saturday. We kept him home from school yesterday to be safe. He was back to his old self and was fever free all day.
This morning when Chris woke him up for school he discovered he was burning up again! We took him back to the doctor since he still has fever, his throat hurts some and his ear hurts when he swallows and he said his head was hurting. The doctor said his throat is still pretty red and his ear is still filled with pus. She was amazed that he said his ear only hurts when he swallows. He has always had an amazingly high tolerance for ear pain.
His fever is returning as I type this, so it looks like he won't be at school tomorrow either! It is awful to see your kids so sick.
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