Monday Monday

So…Monday.  Oh, Monday.  I had an appointment to take Spencer to the ENT yesterday to discuss the possibility of getting tubes.  He’s had enough ear infections to warrant a discussion.  Plus, I don’t want to him to have to continue to take so many antibiotics and, also, a part of me is wondering if his ears have anything to do with the fact that he’s not really talking yet.  Maxwell should have been at school while I took Spencer but he started complaining of a sore throat on Sunday afternoon.  By Sunday night he was miserable – and told me so with screaming tears throughout the night at 11:00, 1:00, 3:30 and 5:00.  So, not only did I need to take Spencer to the doc Monday morning, but I had to take Maxwell as well.

I should have known the day was not going to be great when I had them all dressed and ready to walk out the door only to see that Spencer had managed to crawl a hole through the knee of his pants…

1 point for Monday.

(ps – that’s my finger poking through the hole,not a footless leg. I had already taken the pants off when I took the picture.)

After a quick pant change, we went to the ENT and the doctor confirmed that he would recommend tubes for Spencer.  In medical terms, he basically said there is so little downside that it can only be a good thing for him.  No more antibiotics, no more fluid in his ears, etc.  We got the surgery scheduled for Thursday – no time like the present, I guess!

2 points for Monday.

While at the ENT, I also had him look in Maxwell’s throat.  He said it looked red but couldn’t tell yet if the small white patches were going to be a virus or bacterial infection or anything at all.  He recommended waiting another day until going to see the pediatrician to see what was really going to develop on his throat.  Well, I already had the appointment with Dr. Walley and we were already out so I just decided to go on up there anyway.  I’m very glad I did.  Maxwell felt about this good…

Dr. Walley looked in his throat and said that was a pretty clear cut case of strep.  The strep test confirmed it 10 minutes later.  Ugh.  Poor, poor guy.  Cue up the amoxicillin.

3 points for Monday.

I already had an appointment in the calendar to take Spencer up to Dr. Walley on Wednesday of this week to get his 15 month shots that he wasn’t able to get last week at his check-up because he had an ear infection.  While we were up there I asked if they could just go on and do them and they could!  yay!  Well, yay for me…not so yay for this sleeping dude…

He had a very rude awakening about 2 minutes later.

4 points for Monday.

I then learned that my brother has to have back surgery on Thursday for a herniated disk.  Not fun, not fun at all.

5 points for Monday.

So, I ended Monday with strep, shots and 2 surgeries.  Phew. Well played, Monday. Well played.  Is it Friday yet?