No Fun

Yesterday I wrote about how the twins were still sleeping fine even though they were sick. That must have been tempting Fate, because Tessa, who had been uncharacteristically fussy all day, woke up screaming last night around 8:30. The Missus tried to comfort her, but she continued to cry and scream for two hours, breaking our hearts. No matter how many times we asked her, she wouldn't tell us what was wrong.

Finally we got in touch with one of the nurse practitioners from our pediatrician's office who recommended that we take Tessa to the emergency room. The Missus bundled her up and took her to the hospital while I stayed home with the still-sleeping Adam and worried.

The culprit turned out to be Tessa's lingering ear infection. On Thursday at the pediatrician's office, they said her ear looked fine and the infection had cleared, but apparently it had flared up again. They gave her a different antibiotic. She was sleeping when the Missus brought her home around 1am.

The Missus stayed home from work today to watch our sweet little girl. Tess seems to be doing better, at least she's not crying all the time, but is still very clingy. Adam has a cold and isn't feeling very well either.

This isn't a very fun part of being a parent.