Ear Infection, Again

Lilly's got another ear infection. She had been tugging at her ear, as I stated in the last post, so we went to visit Dr. G, and yup, sure enough, her ear was infected. Luckily the other one was clear. So Lilly couldn't take Ammoxicillin again, as she just finished it and wouldn't be as effective, so she is on something called Omnicef. It's a white, unrefrigerated liquid, and it smells like strawberry. The Ammoxicillin smelled like bubble gum, and Lilly hated it. So we had to mask it in her bottle. I thought, this one smells like strawberry and isn't as overpowering as the other. She's going to like it, as she's really into the taste of the cherry Tylenol. And plus, she's only taking 2mg so she should be good.

So I measured out the liquid and squirted it slowly into her mouth. She took it in, licked her lips and was fine. But this was Wednesday. Thursday - another story. She took just about.5mg and started to wiggle and fight me on it. So I put the rest of it in her bottle and it turned the formula pink. But she took it.

Friday, I tried to squirt it into her mouth again. But that was a bad idea. I laid her on the rug, put the plastic syringe towards her inner cheek, and squirted. And boy did that make her angry. She started to cry. But she was taking the medicine. So I made the executive decision to keep squirting the Omnicef. She started to wiggle. Fought me hard. Swallowed the medicine but I thought she might puke it up, as she fought real hard not to swallow it. I hated having to do that to her, but she needed the medicine. Hopefully she won't be scarred from the episode. Today we put her meds in her bottle and she sucked it right up.