This past week, we'd wondered if Dex was starting to ignore us, or just not be paying attention. Since both Dan and I had colds, I figured that the reason he seemed to ignore us, or ask us to repeat ourselves a bunch of times, was that we both were hoarse/sniffly.
Friday night I picked Dex up from school, and while Dan had to work late, Dex and I had planned on going to a co-worker's house for pizza, poker, and quality time with his collection of 20+ Hess trucks. However when I arrived at school, Dex was flushed, felt like he had a fever, and clingy. The teachers said he had TWO accidents that DAY. Lately, if there's ONE a WEEK, that's a lot.
He wouldn't let them take his temp, as they only have a thermometer that goes in your ear. So I got him home, gave him a snack, and observed that he was definitely not himself. I took his temp and it was 99 point something. Our doctor didn't have evening hours, so rather than waiting til the AM, we went to Urgent Care up the street. I called ahead and they had no wait, so while I knew he'd be really upset, I didn't want to wait another 12 hours and see what this was going to be. After 2 weeks of him not being 100%, I was ready for this to be over with.
The doctor said he had one ear that was completely impacted with ear wax. So that's why he's not hearing so well! The other one was red, so he said it could be a lot of things, and gave us antibiotics. Dan picked them up on his way home from work, and I broke the news about no pizza or Hess trucks. Sad :(
He was much better on Saturday for his visit with Aunt Martha, and stayed up late with us on Saturday night as we visited another co-worker's house, and saw BriBri and Nicci there.
Sunday we hung out around the house, Dan took him out for lunch, and lots of 'construction' occured in the basement. His hearing is definitely getting worse, so I have to call our doctor in the AM. He doesn't mind it, but it's noticibly difficult to get his attention, or for him to hear you if you call out to him from another room.
I'm ready for cold season to be over with!!!!!





