Here We Go Again

After 4 days off of antibiotics Parker began running fever again. I took him in to see Dr. Glass on Monday and his ears were either still infected from this last time or became infected again. He figures that his ears didn't fully heal this last time and the fluid that remained in his ears caused the current infection.

This is where I almost cried...I mean seriously. Can't my baby go a full month without having to take antibiotics or pain relievers? I'm so thankfull I was blessed with an easy going baby, he sucks the medicine from the dropper, but I still would love to not have to give it to him.

I've been home since yesterday, from the looks of his temperature today I will have to either use another vacation day tomorrow or lie to daycare and go to work. Before nap time his temp was 100.7, daycare won't allow them to come if they have a temperature of 100.4 or higher and they must be fever free for 24 hours before returning. So yeah...I'm not sure what we're going to do yet, it depends on what his temperature is in the morning. All I can say is thank the Lord I have an understanding boss and at least a week of vacation time left.

We found out today that unlike last time Parker had surgery, the doctor's office requires that we pay our portion of the deposit (this is what Dr. H's office gets) a week prior to the surgery. They called today looking for payment and I simply told them it wasn't going to happen today. I asked about a payment plan like we did last time and they said that they don't do that anymore.

Basically we had two options, we could either pay them their money (more than I make a pay check) by Thursday or we had to cancel the surgery until we could pay. Michael called them back and told them that there was no possible way we could afford to pay the lump sum by Thursday and we canceled the surgery.

I know what you're thinking, "Krista, he needs the surgery!" yeah I know, and I cried just thinking about it but when it comes to paying a doctor's office up front for a surgery or paying bills to keep a roof over our heads with AC/heat and electricity, a car in the driveway, and food on the table well we're going to go with option B.

We called another ENT in our area that was recommended to us along with Dr. H to see if he and his office would work with us. We explained our situation and we have an appointment on Thursday morning. To be honest, it can't come soon enough, Parker has been pointing to his ears and fussing so I know he's hurting.

I really hope that we can get Parker all fixed up, he has been such a trooper but he deserves a break from this.

I just realized that I didn't update McFatty Monday yesterday! I'm going to make this short and sweet because nap time is almost over.

Last week, week 11 I believe, was pretty good! I didn't do anything fantastic or anything, I just ate correct portion sizes and didn't go overboard with bad foods. I lost one more pound! I'm so happy that I'm back on track, I feel like maybe I really CAN do this! 21.5 pounds to go!!

Hope you're all having a great week!