First sinus infection

Poor G. He has his very first case of acute sinusitis. We hope it gets better soon because he has been pretty miserable.

We had a really good Thanksgiving yesterday, minus when G was feeling sick. He ended up spending most of the day with his jammies on, and even went to Ma and Papa's house in them! No pictures of the day...too busy cuddling with the poor guy.

G had a cold about 4 weeks ago. It was a quick little cold, and was over in a week. We kept him in, and everything seemed fine...a few days after it was over, he still had a runny nose, and that lasted on and off for a few weeks...but no fevers or cough or any other symptoms. Then 2 days ago, the day before Thanksgiving, he woke up with a yucky cough. Coughing all day, but it was more of a gagging cough from all the secretions. I let it go for a few days, and then today I thought we better go see the doctor. I was afraid that his cold turned into a ear infection or maybe another pneumonia...some kind of secondary infection. He was SO good at the doctor...he always is! After the nurse weighed him, I said "WOAH, 30 pounds! What in the world are you eating???" He looked at us and laughed "SUCKERS!!!" Hahaha he knows he gets suckers at the doctor!

Doctor said his sinus's looked inflamed and she saw a lot of discharge in his nose and throat...causing the cough and gagging. Diagnosis: Acute Sinusitis. A sinus infection is not something I thought of, but totally makes sense! She recommended antibiotics, and I agreed. There is no need to wait this one out...its been a month, and he needs to get better. In nursing school I once got to sit in on a surgery where a boy had to have part of his sinuses removed because the infection got so bad...no thanks! So off to get some amoxicillin we were. The only good thing about a sinus infection is that it is not contagious...so we have not exposed anyone else to anything bad. I always worry about that.

G feels bad on and off throughout the day, but when hes feeling good, he has so much energy! Its like he's sick, not sick, sick, not sick. Bouncing off the walls, crying in my arms. Poor thing must get headaches with it...but we are thankful that he does have time when he feels good!

G had his first dose of meds, and is down for a nap...hoping for a better G in no time!