And We're Home....Finally

Yesterday was one of the longest days ever.  Neither of the kids slept very well.  I think they were overly tired and hungry from an entire day of no eating.  We spent the morning with some friends catching up over coffee.  Then we headed off to the airport.  Oliver was acting a little funny at lunch, but I assumed he was totally exhausted and needed to sleep.  About halfway through our flight I realized that he had a fever. He was lethargic, no appetite and couldn't get comfortable.  The doctors in MN told us to watch for a fever because it could be a sign of a very serious infection.  Both of the kids had a Lumbar Puncture (spinal tap) and there are some serious, albeit rare, side effects.  There were terrible storms in DC, so we circled around Dulles for about a hour before they detoured us to Pittsburgh.  The plane needed to refuel.  The flight attendants noticed that Oliver was sick and called in to the gate to let them know there was a sick child on board.  Before we knew it, I was on the jetway with Oliver, 2 policemen and 2 EMTs.  They wanted to be sure Oliver was okay to continue flying.  We called the doctors who assured us that he would be okay, we just needed to take him to the emergency room as soon as we landed in DC.  We got back on the plane and away we went.  Our geneticist called ahead to the ER at Children's and they were waiting for us to arrive.  (She is the BEST!)  After examination, they determined he had a bad ear infection in one of his ears.  We finally made it home at 2 am.

I was upset about the ear infection.  The ENT in MN purposefully took out Oliver's working tube and within 24 hours his ear was infected.  I am not sure why he made that decision.  I should have gone with my gut and said no.  Always follow those maternal instincts!