The Whited News

“Daddy, I think my ear exploded.”

These were the words coming out of Jackson’s mouth as he stood by our bed at 2:45am on Sunday night.

I was trying not to laugh at such a funny thing to hear because it was obvious that he was hurting. Carson had just a few days prior finished taking meds for an ear infection, so this was mine and Kim’s first thought. So Kim stayed home Monday and ended up taking JC in to the pediatrician.

Now I don’t know what the deal is, but both of our boys seem to manufacture large amounts of ear wax in their little ear canals. Both of them. So when Dr. Schecter went to examine Jackson’s ear all he could see was a waxy mess. After using a “water pic” the doc was able to comfirm that an ear infection was the culprit. We were happy to hear from the doctor that his left ear had not actually exploded.

Now, here’s the real good part.

Jackson simply does not take medicine. He never has. Kim and I spent 35 minutes in the doctor’s office with him once when he was a toddler forcing antibiotics down his throat. It took me, Kim and the nurse to hold him down as he thrashed out of control and spit that sticky, slimy, pink antibiotic back in our faces. It is very simple – he does not take it. He will literally do everything that he can possibly do to ensure that no medication ever enters his body.

So you can imagine the situation last night when we were attempting to give him his first dose of liquid Amoxicillin. He is supposed to have two doses per day until the bottle is empty, probably 1-2 weeks. You want to talk about freaking out. You would think that we were trying to get him to swallow one of Cosmo’s turds by the way he was reacting. Nope, just bubble gum flavored pink stuff, 1 and ½ teaspoons. Have you ever seen “The Excorcist”? Of course you have, so think Regan, here. Think flopping on the bed and speaking in tongue and heads turning 180 degrees. After some threats to take away every single Lego that he owns and a few swift swats on the buttocks, coinciding with more screams, stomping, kicking, and more wailing, he somehow swallowed enough of it.

Now we only have 23 more doses and experiences like this to go!!!