Ear Infection

We received an unexpected call from the daycare today. Apparently, after I dropped Troy off this morning, he had started crying, and he hadn’t stopped crying for the last two hours. Nothing they tried was working, so off I headed to go pick him up.

And that’s exactly how I found him, lying in his crib and crying. He didn’t stop even after I picked him up and tried to soothe him. He finally quieted after I got him home, eventually wearing himself out and falling asleep. I sat there holding him for two hours just to let him rest. I guess it was better with contact. He didn’t feel well, and he just wanted someone to comfort him. Obviously, with other babies to attend to, they can’t give him 100% attention at the daycare, so my arms were exactly what he needed to finally rest.

My wife was able to get away from work a little while later, and we took him to the urgent care. They said he had an ear infection and possibly strep throat. So tonight, we start an antibiotics regime. At least we’re off next week, so he’ll have some time to recover, but it sucks to feel bad for yet another holiday. Troy is going to hate holidays, because every time one rolls around, he ends up sick. Hopefully, the antibiotics work quickly.