Kennedy Family: Poor Dayton

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Poor Dayton

I am not going to post a picture here because it is gross. Yesterday Dayton had a fever all day long and just hung out in my room watching movies. This morning he still had a fever but otherwise didn't seem any worse. Then suddenly he comes downstairs and starts wailing and holding his ear and saying it hurt. So I assumed he has an ear infection and figured I would call the doc in just a couple of minutes to see if he could get in today. So a few minutes later he started wailing again and there was all this blood in his ear. I thought that he must have scratched it while pulling on it or something since it hurt. So I wiped it up, but then a few minutes later there was more blood. So I went ahead and called and Dayton fell asleep on the couch. When it was time to go I picked him up and more blood came up when he sat upright. Then while we were in the waiting room a little more came out, all over my shirt of course. Turns out he had an ear infection that came on very suddenly and then turned right into a ruptured eardrum. The poor little guy! After it originally burst he wasn't bothered anymore by it (plus I had given him some Tylenol) but his ear is still pretty tender. I haven't even cleaned out all the blood yet b/c the doc said that it wasn't necessary and it would just bother him. So now he is on antibiotics and I have to put ear drops in his ears three times a day. What a trooper. Luckily my brother's family has a ton of movies that Dayton has never seen so at least he has some new material to watch until he is all better. He has never even had a single ear infection before, and his first one ruptures, go figure.

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Sarah said...: Oh my goodness... poor little guy! That sounds scary, I hope he gets feeling better soon. We have lots of movies too if you need some. Lots of BOY movies, that's what Luke calls them. I bought one princess movie for Libby and they freaked out. :) Gotta love boys!; April 2, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Très Sucré said...: Poor kid! I think Sofie had like 11 ear infections her first year (yes, she got tubes) and there is nothing worse! There is nothing you can really do about it and it must hurt so bad! He is a trooper!; April 3, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Just Only Me said...: That's terrible! You give him all the ice cream and soda pop he wants for me, okay? What a poor little guy, I hope that he gets better soon. Hopefully he'll be back to his busy little self soon!; April 3, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Becca said...: poor little kid. I hope he gets feeling better soon. That would have scared me with all the blood.; April 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Give him lots of smooches from all of us. I hope he feels better real soon.; April 4, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Sarah said...: I love, love, love, the new look! You did a great job. You need to give me lessons. I can't change anything without losing my info on the side. :); April 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Just Only Me said...: Hey!I Love love love the new layout of your blog and your header is adorable! The colors are so fun, nice job!!; April 5, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Emily said...: Oh, Jaimee, I'm sorry for both of you. That sounds very tramatic. I'm glad you're both doing better.; April 6, 2008 at 9:21 PM

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Update on Us:

Jeff: He has been in fairly good health lately! That's a big deal for him during this time of year. He is extremely thankful that the inversion has left though - he has been finding it rather difficult to breathe for about a month so some good air is very appreciated! He still really loves his job - one of the higher ups actually hinted that he might want Jeff to be a manger over a different department but Jeff likes what he's doing so much that he didn't want to move. And my personal favorite thing - he decided a few weeks ago that he was going to do the dishes from now on. This is huge news. I am loving it!

Jaimee: I always have a hard time coming up with something to say about me.... it's just same old, same old. Anything I do think of to say really belongs more under one of the kids. Ooh, I am trying to do more crafty things lately. I miss having projects to work on. One biggy is trying to make these really complicated blankets for all of the kids. I had intended them to be Christmas presents but then I realized that it will probably take me a year to make them all, so I'm shooting for next year. I'm not exactly great at sewing so I am crossing my fingers that they will turn out.

Duncan: I am trying to find a good soccer team for him to join for the spring season. His coach from fall quit halfway through and the dad who took over for him isn't really into it. He really has had the worst luck with teams. It has been so nice having a kid who is old enough to really help out with the youngest one. There are a lot of times where I put him in charge of Charlie while I get something done and he is awesome at it. He took the test to try and get into the ALL program at school next year so we are waiting to hear on that. I think he will enjoy it if he gets in - but if not no big deal.

Dayton: He was SO excited to get to go to Scouts finally. He has such a hard time waiting for things that Duncan gets to do first. He absolutely loves Scouts and was super excited to get his Bobcat badge last week. He also really likes the choir he started - he moved up from the youngest group to the middle group in Jan. and I was a little worried that he wouldn't like it as well since the younger group does a lot of playing in their class but he still loves going. He is doing really well in school, especially in math. My mom got him Skylanders for Christmas and it's his favorite present ever I think. He spends almost all day on Sat. over at her house playing it.

Tucker: Apparently being good at math runs in the family because Tucker's teacher told me at the last parents teacher conference that he is super smart with numbers and did the best of all the kids at the 'what do you know' meeting before school started. He of course absolutely loves kindergarten. He got sick a couple of times at the beginning of the month and he was so so sad to have to miss school. I think he's a little sleep deprived since he goes to bed at the same time as the other boys but when they all share a room it's a little hard to do otherwise. At least he doesn't have to get up early in the morning.

Ellie: She is loving dance school so much! They had a little in-class recital in Dec. and I just had to laugh watching her. She did what she was supposed to every so often but the rest of the time she just was in her own little world and did whatever. At one point she just laid down on the floor and pretended to sleep. I asked her teacher if she was like that in class and she said pretty much. At least she doesn't disturb the other girls though. Hopefully she will catch on soon that she should follow along the whole time. She is turning into a major daddy's girl. I used to sing her a song at bedtime every night but for the past month or so she asks for Jeff every night. And on the weekend she is thrilled that he gets to 'stay home with her' instead of going to work. I am trying not to get my feelings hurt.

Charlie: I cannot believe that my sweet little boy is almost one!! It kind of makes me sad. Since he is our last one all of the milestones he hits are bittersweet for me. But I try to not dwell on that and just be happy about him. He is so dang cute! His hair is getting so long in the front and is short in back, just like Ellie's was - sort of a reverse mullet. He crawls super fast all over the place now and stand up for small bits of time. I think he tried to take one tiny step the other day, but nothing approaching walking yet. We thought for the longest time that he refused to eat any kind of baby food, but apparently it was just me trying to feed him that he objected to. Now that Jeff does it he eats like a champ. We decided to finally get serious about teaching him to sleep at night but it isn't going that well. With him still sleeping in our room it's a little more difficult than normal. I am hoping that someday soon I won't fall asleep at 9:30 every night watching TV.

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