poor baby

last thursday we took jake back to the doctor for a re-check on his ears. dr. chea asked if i thought he was any better. i told her he'd been pulling/playing/hitting both ears quite often during the day. she took a look and he had developed a double ear infection. now....let's back up. jake has been on antibiotics since right after his birthday in february for an ear infection. so he's had an ear infection for about 4 months now. we've tried different medicines to get rid of the infection and nothing has seemed to help. so dr. chea gave him another round of the same medicine he'd just come off of a few weeks prior. she also had the nurses come in and give him a shot of a new antibiotic (one in each leg because he needed a larger dose). so just to be on the safe side, we waited for 20 minutes to make sure jake didn't have an allergic reaction to the new medicine. she also referred us to an ENT. we're going to see the same doctor that clipped jake's tongue when he was a little baby. so hopefully we'll be able to tell these ear infections goodbye!!!

on friday, we met up with melissa (my cousin) to get pedicures for her wedding. i was holding jake in my lap while i was soaking my feet and my mom came to get him when the lady was ready to do my pedicure. as momma picked jake up, i noticed his back was broken out really bad. we figured it was just his eczema. so after my pedicure was finished, i looked at his back a little closer and i knew that was NOT eczema. it was a rash all over his back and his bottom. i called the doctor's office immediately and told them i thought jake might be having an allergic reaction to something. so they told me to bring him in. long story short.....dr. chea thinks he might be allergic to penicillin. therefore, we immediately stopped taking the antibiotic she prescribed and switched to a different one. my poor baby isn't feeling so well and prayers are totally appreciated!!!