Elijah Update.

I thought I’d post an update on how Elijah is doing. Jon took him to the doctor on Tuesday, and they confirmed that Elijah’s ear infection was gone and they thought he had just picked up another virus that’s going around. They also confirmed that his head circumference is fine (we were supposed to go have that measured next week, but they just did it at the same time since we were there anyway).

As of this morning, Thursday, Elijah still was running a fever between 101 and 102 when not on Motrin or Tylenol, and just generally not feeling very well. He’s very congested, has a runny nose, the whole bit. Jon took off on Wednesday to be with him, Grandma Amanda is with him today, and I don’t have to work tomorrow (Good Friday), but I’m hoping that he’ll feel better in time for Easter, and be fine by next week. You still have to pay for daycare even when he doesn’t go, so the last two weeks he’s gone 1.5 days yet we’ve paid the usual rates and still had to take off work. All of this keeps confirming our decision to have me stay at home with him starting in June. I can’t wait!

All the moms at work reassure me that with a little on in daycare that this is normal for him to be sick this often, and that they've all gone through it and it does get better. And the nurses I work with tried to cheer me up by putting a positive spin on it - Elijah's immune system gets stronger every time he gets sick at this age. I guess so, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with for mommy or daddy or baby!