Hi there! How’s everybody doing? As for me and my household, we are currently dealing with common cough and colds including an ear infection. You heard it right. Ear infection. My darling daughter and I have it right now. She will be finishing her medication in two days, and I just started last night.
It was very an unexpected thing. This is the very first time my daughter had an ear infection since birth. As far as I can remember, I never had an ear infection in my life. My ears are prone to clogging though, because my ears produce lots of wax. And normally, the ear canal cleans itself but there was a time years ago I had a clogged ear that I had to go to the doctor and have it flushed. Now, I am dealing with this ear infection because my ear was very painful yesterday morning. On a pain scale of 1 to 10, I could say the pain intensity was 8. I took two 400 mg Ibuprofen to subside the pain. When the pain was gone, I went to CVS Minute Clinic to have my ear checked. Soon as the nurse practitioner cleaned my ears, she said the eardrum in my left ear (where it was hurting) was red. I told her I woke up in the morning with a painful ear. She prescribed an antibiotic to be taken within 10 days. I hope this thing heals fast.
Like I said my daughter and I are having colds right now. She even had a cough. She woke up in the middle of her sleep one night crying because she said her ear was hurting so bad. I was worried and nervous but couldn’t do anything. I tried to comfort her calmly but it didn’t help. Then I thought of giving her a pain reliever medicine to help ease the pain so she can go back to sleep. She didn’t go to school the next day because she had lack of sleep and I took her to the doctor in the afternoon. She had an ear infection.
Aside from taking an antibiotic, K was also doing a breathing treatment using a Nebulizer for five days because she was wheezing. It helped get rid of the coughing. We are going to see her pediatrician on Monday for a follow up check up.
Why do we get an ear infection? It is caused by a bacteria or a virus. When we have a cold, flu, or allergy, our nasal passages, throat, and eustachian tubes (in the ears) get swollen and congested that possibly leads to an ear infection. It is recommended to see your health provider if you are experiencing ear pains.
Oh how hard it is when you get sick. Even if only one in your household is sick, it feels like the entire household is not feeling well. I am hoping we all get well very soon because we don’t want this. We keep eating healthy, drinking lots of water, and sleeping and resting good. Plus, taking the proper medication to help treat the sickness.
