Recap

Let's see, this weekend in review...

Friday night's game was fun, even if I don't have a real personality for my character yet, and Jenn accused us of getting all "Scooby Doo" on her and tracking down "clues" that didn't actually exist. (Ah, such is the plight of the GM -- we hared off after phantoms while the actual plot floated along untouched. It was a hoot.)

Saturday we took ourselves down to visit KT, to wish her a happy birthday and give her gifts. Penny and Jess had fun playing, though the visit only served to redouble Penny's pleas for another sleepover. We really should try to make that happen soon.

We got home to pouring rain. I had, of course, left my car windows open. And it was cloudy and rainy all weekend, and the forecast is calling for clouds and rain all week, so it'll be next weekend before I can air it out. Ah, nothing like the smell of mildew in the morning, and the clammy feel of damp upholstery.

Saturday night, Alex was fussy and irritable and he had a runny nose, and I feared the onset of another round of ear infections. It was pretty well cinched when we put him to bed and he woke up every few minutes to whimper and cry. He finally conked out around midnight, thanks to the application of some Benedryl and Motrin, not to mention sheer exhaustion.

Sunday morning, he was in a much better mood, but Matt noticed that both of his ears were filled -- and I mean filled with goo. It took three double-ended q-tips to get them to the point that we could even see his ear canal. And a few hours later, they were filled again. We came to the conclusion that his eardrums had given way under the pressure and burst.

Matt took him to the Urgent Care, but it being Sunday... they gave us a prescription for an antibiotic (three times a day, dammit, which is a major pain in the ass when the daycare won't administer meds) and said that we should follow up with the pediatrician, and that it was possible he'd need care from a pediatric ENT, of which the nearest one they knew was down at CHKD. Sigh.

But he was happy! And cheerful! I guess so, with that pressure-pain finally gone. Poor little tyke. We're dosing him regularly with decongestants (to keep the drainage to a minimum so it doesn't impede healing) and painkillers (to kill the pain).

I made cabbage rolls for dinner last night, which was nice. They're a little time-intensive, so I can't make them on a weeknight, but soooo tasty. I should make them more often. (And the tip I heard somewhere was right; a bit of caraway seed in the pot cut down on the cabbage-y smell a lot.)

And Matt just emailed to let me know that he talked to the pediatrician. She's calling in a new antibiotics prescription for him that's only twice a day, and doesn't want to see him until that run is finished, so we don't have to take time off today to drag him to the doctor. (And she'll be able to see how much damage there is after it's had a chance to heal.) I expect we'll still need to take him to an ENT -- three ear infections in two months is a bit excessive -- but maybe she'll know someone local.

Right; on with the week, I guess.