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Miserable

As I mentioned on Friday, Zoe is sick again. She seems much worse off than Silas was when we brought him back to the doc last Monday. At a minimum, she's definitely more vocal about it. We had another call-the-pediatrician-first-thing-Monday-for-a-same-day-appt/mommy-cancel-rearrange-all-meetings kind of start to the week. We were at the clinic by 8:30 and out of there 45 minutes later with another prescription for antibiotics. She has a horrible cough that's keeping anyone from sleeping very well. She cried inconsolably for 1+ hour when I got home from work tonight. She definitely seemed worse than yesterday, but this could also be due to end of the day exhaustion. Dr. Rundquist said that if she is not showing signs of improvement in 3 days we need to call her back in order to up the dose of amoxicillin. 


Silas seemed to be getting better with meds, but now his cough has re-surfaced along with quite a runny nose. I'm afraid the 10-day antibiotic treatment didn't cut it. 


Everyone is miserable.


So, how are you?

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