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Mar
31
(2005)
Ear infections suck
Filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: parenting.
If it was my ear, it might not be so bad. But Evan’s been inflicted by a nasty pair of ear infections. Poor little guy didn’t sleep more than an hour last night (therefore, mom and dad didn’t sleep at all – no sir, no way in hell are we having another one – we had some serious colic flashbacks last night 
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We’ve pumped him full of Tylenol to control the fever, and now he’s on yummy banana-flavoured antibiotics to wipe out the little critters filling his eustachian tubes.
One thing that I realized today is just how much I love the health care system in Canada. Janice called the family doctor this morning, asked for an appointment, and we got fit right into their schedule. We had a nice visit with the doctor, without having to pay a cent. Then, we got the prescription filled at the local pharmacy, without having to pay a cent. Sure, we’ve technically already paid for it all thanks to higher taxes, but it’s nice when the system works. Not once did we even have to consider cost today – just on doing the right thing to get The Boy healthy again.
He’s passed out upstairs in his room right now. I hate seeing the little guy suffer – he was so out of it this morning that he didn’t want to have a bath. He normally goes ape shit when he gets a chance to get in the tub. Today, he just wanted to sink into mommy’s or daddy’s arms.
re: healthcare. Fine, rub it in!
hehe. so, move to the Great White North… I didn’t mention that when Evan was born, the only cost I had to pay was for the TV in Janice’s room… And when I got food poisoning a while back, the super-fun ambulance ride was gratis as well. And they didn’t even ask for a Visa number in the ER
Aw man, I know what you’re going through and feel for all of you! Griffin got a couple of ear infections during his first year. First one was before he was 6 months old, and the second at around 11 months. At that time it was determined that he should have tubes put in his ears, and after the procedure we learned that he had probably had fluid built up in there ever since his first infection
He slept through the night for the first time after the tubes were put in and has done so ever since. What a wonderful feeling that must’ve been to get that pressure relieved.
Get well soon Evan!
PS – (oh, our second child is sooooo much easier than the first – I’m sure yours would be too!
Hope Evan feels better soon. Just wait until he starts going to school! They forget to tell you what germ factories these places are. After the 3rd winter cold in a row, home schooling starts to seem like a good idea!
Cheers, Scott