Update on Jacob

Well as most of you facebook lurkers already know, I had to take Jacob to the doctor again today.

I called the pediatrician this morning, because after 48 hours of kicking, screaming, and fighting Jacob to allow us to put the eye drops in his eyes, I had had enough.  I was literally terrorizing my poor child.  He was hating me.  I was hating me and I couldn't keep going. . . emotionally.  It was just as hard on me as it was on him.  So I called the doctor to find out if there was something else I could give him besides eye drops.

And of course, our doctor couldn't prescribe Jacob anything new until he seen him personally.  So the pediatrician's office was able to get me an appointment for 2pm.  I was already at work, and believe me, if I had to leave I would have in a heartbeat. But by working 6 hours and then going home, I worked over half my shift and it's much easier for Walmart to overlook than me just taking off a couple hours after I got there.  So I worked 7a-1p, without a lunch and then clocked out for the day.  My boss is and was very good about letting me go, especially when it comes to my babies!

So at 1pm, I took off and headed for home to get Jacob.  Jerry had him dressed, fed and ready to go when I pulled in the drive.  And Jerry was even kind enough to stay awake {after working all night} with Jaxen while I took just Jake to the doctor.

Dr. S was super nice, took a look around his eye. . . Yes, Jacob let him touch his eye!. . . and said it was definitely pink eye.  We went over my questions and concerns about the eye drops and he asked to see them.  Dr. S was shocked to see that the nurse practitioner at the Take Care Clinic prescribed such a harsh eye drop.  Apparently, the pH of the medication was totally different than the eye.  Which would be okay for you and me, but to Jacob, Dr. S said it would feel like sandpaper and fire in his eye.  Hence the reaction and fighting I got when I put them in his eye.

After talking it out, the doctor thought it would be better just to let the pink eye run it's course but after some more thought decided to give him an oral antibiotic, didn't want him to pass it to his baby brother or big sister!  It's not the best medicine, ideally the eye drops are the best and fastest when it comes to getting rid of the pink eye.  But being a parent himself, he understands the conflict us as parents have with torturing our kids, even if it's what's best for them.  So I've probably scared Jacob for life and he'll probably never be able to do eye drops again!!  I was warned that the oral medicine will take longer but it's easier for a three-year-old to take. . . making it the best option.

So for the next 7 days, Jacob is must take his oral antibiotic twice a day with food, warm wash cloth on the eye, keep eye free of gunk, and Tylenol as needed.  The antibiotics will allow him to attend school later in the week.  If it's still swollen next Monday we go back to the doctor and make a new approach. . . which is beyond my pediatrician.  He said we would come in for another office visit and he would be making phone calls. . . and Jacob would have to see an eye specialist at Children's Mercy to make sure that there isn't a foreign object in or trauma to the eye. 

Praying that's not the case. . .  :-|  Thank goodness for Walmart's $4 prescriptions. . . Jacob's had 2 prescriptions filled in 3 days!
Well there's your update. . . my babies are in bed and I'm headed there now!