The Princess is still sick...or sick again...

And her Mommy is worried. So is Daddy. And Memaw. She really needs to get well soon.

As of yesterday, she had been on antibiotics for 7 days for the double ear infections and sinus infection. We went to the mall yesterday, and she seemed fine. She was happy and skipping and chatty. We came home to watch the inauguration and she fell asleep during his speech. When she woke up, she was burning up. She went from feeling fine, having a normal temp, to spiking a fever of almost 102 in the span of 2 hours.

We took her back to the pediatrician (not our doctor, but one of his colleagues, since he is off on Tuesday afternoons) and her ears are still infected. Not terrible, but the doctor expected them to look much better (if not totally clear) after 7 days of antibiotics. Her eyes still have blue circles, which the doctor said indicate recent and/or continuing sinus infection.

Worst of all, she seems to have gotten a(nother) viral infection in addition to the bacterial stuff. Dr. Rice switched antibiotics from Omnicef to Augmentin, which she'll take for another full 10-day cycle, and ordered rest and fluids. We are going to be in a training class all weekend (here in Austin, thankfully) so she's supposed to go to Bill and Julie's tomorrow night to stay until Sunday. Mommy is having a bit of a meltdown, worrying about her.

On the bright side, I know that some of the other kids have had a fever and it was short-lived. M was here Saturday, then spiked a fever on Sunday. G said that it ran high for 48 hours then went away. I am hoping that HRH has the same thing, and will be feeling much better by this time tomorrow.

As always, I'll keep you posted.