Ear Infection

Well, the last 2 weeks were very tough. Olivia began at about 10pm one night to cry and it didn't end till about 430am the next morning. She went down to bed and was good and then woke up hysterical, we were unable to calm her down. We tried everything, watching TV, playing some of her favorite songs, playing with her. I got so desperate that at 2am I got in the car with her and started driving around our neighborhood. I did this so that my husband would get some sleep he wakes up at 445am to go to work. The car ride worked she had fallen asleep and as soon as I pulled into the driveway she started all over again. My husband then decided to try again, by now it is 3am and we are exhausted and she is not close to falling asleep. Well, the drive did not work so my husband took her down in the basement and watched TV with her on him till she fell asleep.

Obviously my husband stayed home from work the next day, and Olivia had a total of maybe 4 hours sleep. The next day she started again so we realized that something was not right. Olivia her 1st dental appointment on October 9, so we thought maybe she was having trouble with her teeth, but her teeth are perfectly healthy..regardless that she is so hypersensitive that I cannot brush them. I then realized that she must be getting yet another ear infection, and i was right. So 7 days of antibiotics and did not clear...we too her to the ER last Thursday and her pediatrician was on rounds and saw her quickly...changed the meds and today has no more infection. We are grateful since we are leaving Saturday for Dominican.

Relieved