Doctor's Appointment

Well, we went to the doctor this afternoon. We didn't get to see Dr.Walley; he wasn't there. We saw Dr. Christina Cordell instead and she was really nice. Peyton really liked her. Peyton and Andrew both have ear infections in their right ears. Dr. Cordell said that last weekend when Peyton ran a temp for a few days and had to stay home, it was probably a viral cold. The cold caused the sinus drainage, which caused the ear infection. Andrew's ear, however, is just in the beginning stages so maybe we caught it in time. We thought he had pink eye, but nope. Dr. Cordell said it is either (A) a cold in his eye related to the drainage, or (B) the onset of cellulitis. What is cellulitis, you might ask? (I had to, because I didn't know what it was.) It's an infection of the tissue and space around the eye which, if left untreated, can cause serious complications. She told us to watch the area around his eye for spreading redness and/or a purple and red tint to the eyelid, accompanied by increasing fever. If that happens, we are to call them immediately because there's some shot he has to get. FUN! As for now, they are both back on antibiotics and Andrew has an appointment with a pediatric ENT on March 17th.