Well that was traumatic

That was pretty traumatic for everyone involved.

I called the Dr. today because Kaida's cough hasn't gone away. It went like this.

She got a cold around April 20th. We went to the Dr. in the early-middle of May since it hadn't gone away. She found an ear infection and prescribed Amoxicillin. By the end of May she seemed better. But the cough that had gone away came back within a week.
She saw the Dr. for her well visit but he said her lungs were clear and I figured this was just a new cold.
Maybe a week or so later I called the Dr. They said keep an eye on it, you probably don't need to bring her in. So I did keep an eye on it. It didn't go away.
Two weeks ago we went in again and saw a different Dr. She saw some redness in her ears but said her lungs were clear and prescribed amoxicillin again. It definitely did not work.
So I called again today. The cough has been getting worse, not better so I just wanted them to tell me what was wrong. Dr. Kovach had an appointment today so we went to see him.
He seemed way more thorough than the other Doctors. But apparently way more terrifying, she started crying as soon as he came near her.
He had me unsnap her outfit so he could put the stethoscope against her skin. Then he checked her eyes, her throat, her nose, and her ears. The other dr.s only checked her ears.
He had to use the ear digger to get a bunch of wax out, then her one ear started bleeding. And she has narrow ear canals so even getting the ear seer in is hard work.
I had to lay on her for a very long time while he did all this. She was not a happy camper. She screamed so hard she burst some tiny blood vessels around her eyes. Then when he was trying to tell me about the medicine she kept screaming and trying to get further away from him, which is hard to do when I'm holding her.

She has acute sinusitis. So, it's a sinus thing and not a lung thing. He prescribed a medicine for recurrent ear infections. He also suggested benadryl at night to help dry things up (but of course we forgot to buy that when we were at the store).

I'm glad that the Dr. who figured it out is her Dr. and that he took the time to really look at her and figure out what was wrong. I sometimes feel like he's too busy bouncing around to hear me but he kept asking questions until he had the timeline figured out. And then he really looked at her to see what her symptoms were.
Hopefully this will help her get better. I feel bad that she's been sick for so long.

He thanked me twice for holding her while he checked everything. But that's just what mommies do, right? Lay on babies so they can't squirm around? Although I'll tell ya, I'm exhausted now too. Traumatic. For. Everyone.