Sinus Infection :(
Posted by Missy Roberts at 7:56 PM About Jake
When Jacob woke up this morning he looked like he had been in a fight. His right eye was closed shut with a lot of "gunk" and it was red and swollen. Poor baby. I put a warm wash cloth on his eye to get rid of all the gunk in his eye. He did not like me doing that though. He was in great spirits though. After his morning bottle we were playing in the living room and all of a sudden he let go of the ottoman and took 10 steps toward on of his toys! OH my goodness, I couldn't believe it. Up until then, the most I'd seen him take was 4 steps. This time he took 5 steps paused quickly to regain his balance and then took 5 more. He was taking a lot more steps throughout the day. He is getting braver with his steps. This evening daddy, Jacob and I were all playing and he was walking back and forth from mommy to daddy. So cute.
Well anyway, back to his infection. When the doctor's office opened I called to schedule him an appointment. Fortunately we were able to get an appointment this morning. We saw Dr. Koutoures. He said Jacob has a sinus infection and perscribed some antibiotics. Jacob took his first dose this evening after his bottle. It's smelled okay, strawberries and cream and most of it got in his mouth. So hopefully it will start to work soon. His poor little nose is really runny in the morning and in the evening. He gets a break in the late afternoon from all the stuff running out of his mouth. Other than him having a runny nose, you wouldn't be able to tell that he has an infection. He is still very active during the day and at night too. He is still a happy baby and is eating well. Except for tonight, he didn't like the pasta I made so we had to pull out the leftover chicken from last night for him. The little bugger, He normally likes pasta, but not tonight...oh well.
I forgot to write about this in earlier posts, but the other night he woke up in the middle of the night looking for his pacifier. Normally when this happens I go into his room and the first thing I do is look for the paci on the floor and then if it's not there I look on his mattress. So this night I walked in his room and looked on the floor, nope, not there, so then I start to look in his crib and it wasn't there. I hadn't really looked at him at this point and started to feel around the crib for it, but there was nothing. It was then that I got a good look at him. The pacifier was stuck to his hair. Oh my goodness...it was the funniest thing. Had it not been the middle of the night I would have left it there and taken a picture. But I wanted him to go right back to sleep so no picture (except for in my mind).
Alright, well I hope he has a restful night. He is asleep right now and as I've been typing this he has been coughing a lot. I hope he is able to sleep tonight. so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!