We did what normal sick people do… whoa. Exciting and scary at the same time, and we didn’t have to drive 104 miles round trip. (I am not complaining because there are many people out there that travel much further than we do)
Tonight at 5pm, Jesse started screaming that her left ear hurt. I felt along her neck and noticed two little lumps. We decided to take Jesse to Urgent Care here in town.
We arrived at 6:10pm to a packed waiting room. I made Jesse wear a mask the entire time. No need to get something else. A friend I went to high school works there, and she loaded Jesse up with stickers. Plus sprayed the room down with Lysol and made sure Jesse had a clean pulse ox. I really really appreciate her doing that š
By the time we were placed in an exam room Jesse was hopping all over the place. I know they thought I was nuts for bringing her in, until the nurse practitioner stuck the otoscopeĀ in Jesse’s left ear.
I had to wrap Jesse in a bear hug for her to hold still. Upon looking in the right and feeling Jesse’s neck, the nurse was pretty sure it was an ear infection. So we have azithromycin to help treat the infection. I have to giggle… get rid of one medicine and we find a way to bring in a new one.
Luckily Jesse hasn’t run a fever, but she can have Tylenol for the pain. And what is really wild to me is she can have mortin. I don’t plan on giving her any… but it’s wild to think we can have that again now that her CVL is gone.
It was also wild to be treated where “normal” sick people get treated. The nurse apologized for the two hours we were there. All I could think was “Lady this is nothing! If she had the CVL I would have had a 1 hour drive to CHKD, followed by unknown wait in the ER, with an hour drive home.” This saved me an hour and at least 80 miles.
It was scary too. It’s hard to have this kid come down with something, because you always think is this the precursor… is her cancer coming back? I don’t think it is, not the way she hopped around the room and played.
I do worry a little that this is the beginning of ear infections and potentially having to have ear tubes again.