Poor Jessica has been sick with a cold for just about two weeks now. Although she is finally getting better now, it has been a pretty rough time for us all. Due to her stuffiness, both sleeping and eating have been quite challenging. She's probably even lost some weight--which she can definitely afford to do!
The day I took the pictures of her "backwards crawling" she was in such a good mood, the usual happy Jessica; and, the very next morning she woke up with a puffy, red bulge underneath her left eye. And, no, she did not get beat up by her older brother:)...although there have been a few accidental close calls. Nope, what Jessica had was an infection caused by her cold settling underneath her eye. I knew what it was from the moment I saw it because my friend Liz's little girl had the same thing.
I took her into Pediatrics right away; my diagnosis was confirmed along with the new discovery of an ear infection in her left ear as well. A sinus infection, eye infection, and ear infection!! She was a miserable little girl for about the first 48 hours after starting her on the medicine. The medicine is a thick, milky liquid that we give to her morning and night orally through a syringe. Surprisingly, she does pretty well taking it. Going in is the easy part, coming out is a different story. Because it is such a powerful medication, it is not very easy on her stomach and has given her an extreme case of diarrhea. Now we change her about every two hours during the day just to keep up with the treatment of the bad diaper rash she has developed.
Anyways, she's alright. Her eye is completely visibly healed. She's feeling and sleeping much better; her eating is still minimal, probably caused by lack of appetite from her medication. No one ever said parenthood was going to be easy!
Here are a few pictures to show you what Jessica's eye looked like a few days ago...
