Gracie has been fighting a cold for about a month now. It's been one vicious cycle of cough, fever, sore throat, earache. Yesterday, when she woke up after a night of persistent coughing, she was complaining that her neck hurt. I thought it was probably because she had been coughing so much. I felt the side and it felt really swollen. So to the doctor we went!
The doctor said, "Wow, her lymph node is really swollen and her ear is infected." She prescribed a strong antibiotic and said to give her Ibuprofen 3x's a day at a higher dose. Apparently, swollen lymph nodes are really painful. Then she examined her once more, pulling her hair back, and found she has a BIG SPIDER BITE!!!! Eeeeewwww! She said that the coughing, ear infection, and swollen lymph nodes could all be related to it. So on top of the other meds she also has to take Benadryl 3x's a day.
I felt like a terrible mom that I didn't even see it! Plus, I thought "Eeeeewww! When did a spider crawl on my daughter's head and munch on her neck!" She had played outside most of the day before. So, I'm hoping that's were it occurred. I did a thorough search in and around her bed, though!
Well, there's 5 of us! One great dad, one ever-trying to be great mom, two wild and crazy boys, and one tiny princess (I know, I know...I'll let her know one day that she's not really a princess!)
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Poor Gracie! That stinks to be sick for so long. Berkeley and I kept passing a cold back and forth for about a month and a half and it was so miserable. Hopefully the medication will work really well and just kick it out of her system once and for all. How creepy that she had a spider on her. She has a cute little neck so it was probably very appetizing for that little guy to munch on :)
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