We have been struggling for over a month with our little Hannah. She has been for the most party unhappy and having several days of just screaming in pain. I have spent several nights in acute care for sure that she had an ear infection, to me she had all the signs. I was told one visit it was just colic, another that she was teething, and another that she had influenza. I always went home thinking, that maybe it is just her reflux, and would be something we would be dealing with for a while.
I would always end up in acute care, because the morning she would be fine, but as the day progressed she would get worse and worse, to the point that in the evening she would be screaming and we could do nothing to stop it. It is one of the most frustrating things to have your baby cry and not be able to fix it.
Last night we had one of these nights again. She was screaming in pain, and I could do nothing to make it better. I once again, took her to acute care, for sure that nothing would happen, but hoping for some help. I actually thought she might have RSV, as her nose has been running and she has been really congested. When we got there the doctor discovered she has a severe ear infection. It was so bad, they gave her an antibiotic shot to start things healing immediately. Almost the whole time we where at the doctor's she cried, after they gave her the shot and some pain medicine she fell asleep and for the first time in over a month looked really peaceful.
We are hoping and praying that maybe this has been the problem for the last month. I spoke to her pediatrician who assured me that sometimes they can't see an infection brewing in their small eardrums, and that it could very well be why she has been so upset. It made me so sad at acute care that not only was Hannah crying - Mommy was crying. I felt so relieved that my Mommy intuition was right...that I was not crazy.....and I was sad she has been in so much pain....
Please keep my little Hannah in your prayers that she will continue to feel better, and that this is the end to her pain.
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o my... I hope lil Hannah feels better real soon!! Thats no fun being a mommy and not being able to comfort our girls :( Thank god for mommy intuition!! Give her hugs & kisses from Auntie Tiff & Kairi too!!
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