So, all five of us went to the doctor yesterday. Actually, Arlene went to our new family doctor on my behalf, this after I woke him up at 0730 on the day he returned from a long trip to New Zealand– oops! Here’s the verdict:
- Paul & Arlene: upper respiratory tract junk. Allegra-D for congestion, Combivent to open the lungs, Flonase for the sinuses, and antibiotics for the actual germs. Of course, each one of these has to be taken on a different schedule. I’m going to need one of those little boxes like Aunt B. (However, I must say that Allegra-D works great— one pill == twelve hours of easy breathing.)
- Thomas: two ear infections. The doc said his eardrums were the color of his red Spiderman shirt. This, of course, is after a four-day course of vitamin Z, so now he’s on something stronger. Remarkably, he hasn’t complained of pain, and he’s been well-behaved, but he’s got a profound hearing loss, so we knew something was wrong.
- Matt: one ear infection. This was obvious given the volume of gunk that was draining from his left ear, so now he’s got the same antibiotic as Thomas.
- David: probably has what the rest of us have, but he’s still at a very early stage, so no medicine for him.
After one day of medicine, I feel about 2000% percent better; let’s hope that keeps up. More importantly, Matt slept through the night last night for the first time in a week, which is good for everybody.
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