10.22.2008

This isn't funny any more...

Not that it ever really was, but the illness in our house is getting ridiculous. Marcus is finally done with his antibiotics, I'm done with mine, Chris is now getting sick, and Zac was diagnosed Monday with ANOTHER ear infection.

So they put him on a cefalosporin antibiotic because he's allergic to penicillins and sulfas. Well today during dinner, he was complaining about his hands hurting. We decided it looked like a rash--an allergic reaction rash--so off we went to urgent care...for like the 64th time in the last six months...and sure enough, he's allergic to yet another antibiotic. This is not good news for a child who get so many ear infections...the pool of drugs from which to choose is becoming decidedly smaller. And his ear infections are NOT the kind that simply run their course and then he gets better...his current illness has been hanging around for upwards of three weeks with no signs of improvement anywhere.

Sigh.

4 comments:

idette said...

So sorry to hear of your troubles with sickness. Just read GrampaH's blog and he is sick too. I know around here it's been wet and cold, good brewing ground! I had it in my throat for a week. Not fun either.
{{{HUGZ}}} for all of your family!

Kristen Mouw said...

poor little bug.

Kate said...

Ugh, poor critter. Do they start to consider tubes sometime soon?

Andrea S said...

I'm so sorry to hear that! It must be so hard for you, everything that you're doing plus the sicknesses...

Hang in there!