Feb 24 2010

Abraham’s first ear infection

Aaron
Abraham's first ear infection

Please pray for little Abraham as he is having quite a tough time right now. He really started feeling better this morning on the upswing from this nasty chest cold he received as a gift last week. However, following in his father’s footsteps, he is closing up this cold with his first ear infection. We first noticed it with him lightly cupping his ears but his demeanor was good so I simply prayed that he was just horsing around and it wasn’t an ear infection. My parents dealt with my chronic ear infections from hell from God knows when until I was about 7yo, and I would not wish what I went through upon my worst enemy.

Fast forward to bed time tonight and he won’t stay in the prone or supine position for longer than 5-8 minutes without kicking and this uncharacteristic-for-him crying moan (which sounds even more pathetic with the healing chest cold). After his mama attempted to sooth him for over 2 hours (fortunately I was working from home to help out) I walked in and found my 6mo+ pregnant wife in a heap trying to sleep on the floor next to his crib. The things we do for our kids, right? Well, I went downstairs and cut the wrapping off of the new mattress Anna gloated about the other day and, sorry Abraham, put it on the floor of the nursery, and we laid down some blankets and made it into our temporary “Infirmary Fire-watch Bed.” Anna took first watch while I finish work for the night (and stealthily peck out this b-log entry). Later sometime we’ll swap duties and she can hit the sack in the big people bed.

So, in closing, as I meant this to be less verbose, please pray that the Lord will make ear infections less of a chronic problem for little Hammy than it was for his dad. I realize that ear infections are one of the most common ailments for kids, but they sure aren’t fun if you’ve never had the “blessing” of having them.