Sunday Carly's nose became congested. As the day progressed, so did the signs of the cold that was about to take over our house. By Monday morning it was clear that she would not be heading anywhere. At one point she laid down on the sofa, covered herself up, and asked for a movie (as in a 20 minute cartoon). I told her I needed to put David Jr down for his nap, then I would allow her to watch a movie if she promised to stay on the sofa the entire time and not play. Well, 20 minutes later she was still just laying on the sofa waiting on me. Needless to say, she got her movie.
Tuesday, Carly's mood picked up a little bit. She did get to venture out of the house while I went to vote, but only because Dave called and told me there was absolutely no line and to "GO." I promised Carly if she got dressed quickly I would get her a special breakfast since I was taking her out of the house without breakfast and when she really didn't feel well. She only ate 2 bird sized bites of her Sausage Egg McMuffin once we returned home. (Another true sign she still didn't feel well.) Her imagination did begin to take off during her second at home day and she asked me for a basket. She then wrapped one of her dolls up in a blanket, placed him in the basket, and began to act out the story of Baby Moses. The imaginary role playing occurred for the remainder of the week. Unfortunately, by 11am Carly said the dreaded phrase, "my ear hurts." I tried distracting her, thinking she just wanted to go to the doctor to make her feel better when really there was nothing that could be done for this cold. However, by noon when the phone lines were closing for lunch I knew she wasn't just using the "ear" as an excuse to go to the doctor. (My only suspicion for this was because she had asked Monday to go to the doctor for the pink medicine so she'd feel better.) I was able to call during nap time and get a same day appointment to confirm that Carly had another ear infection in her right ear.
Wednesday I kept everyone at home again in hopes that Carly would feel like heading out to preschool on Thursday. Thankfully she did, just in time for David's nose to start running and turning green. By Friday we felt he needed to be seen before the weekend for an ear check too. It turns out, his ears were clean at the moment but his sinus area was infected.
I don't think everyone is 100%, and David and I are both just feeling sluggish after a full week of two sick kids - I do feel like we are finally on the upswing of this illness.
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