Wanna hear some good news about my baby? When she was at the doctor on Friday, her ears looked fine and we began treating her for the asthma, fever, etc. but this morning, as I was dressing her she told me, "Mommy, ear" as she was touching her ear. "That's right, Cassie...that's your ear" I said, but then I thought it was odd that she decided to identify a random body part so I mentioned it to the doctor at our followup appointment this morning. Lo and Behold, guess who has the VERY first stages of an ear infection in the same ear that she was touching this morning!?! We've started her on the antibiotic and hope she'll be healthy for the road trip this Saturday.
What a blessing to have a little one who tells me when something is wrong...how I pray that Tim and I will learn the same sort of honesty with each other--the courage, confidence and security to say when something hurts or is uncomfortable! I just think that was a great 'life illustration' about NOT ignoring pain!
One final tidbit: Cassie's doctor is Amy Reddy. When we took her in on Friday, Cassie SCREAMED, cried, whaled and made herself sick at the visit from all the emotion. So this morning I wanted to be sure to 'prepare' her for what was ahead--I told Cassie we were going to visit "Dr. Reddy." Cassie's response (a sure sign that she's feeling better), "ohhhh...Dr. Reddy, set, GO!" She was happy from that point on, played happily in the office and when she heard Dr. Reddy's voice in the hallway as we were waiting in the examination room, she said, "Dr. Reddy, set, Go" and banged on the door to see her! Isn't that adorable, or am I just a gushing Mom!?! We'll be going back to visit "Dr. Reddy, Set, Go" in a few weeks-after we finish the 10 day antibiotic treatment.
What a blessing to have a little one who tells me when something is wrong...how I pray that Tim and I will learn the same sort of honesty with each other--the courage, confidence and security to say when something hurts or is uncomfortable! I just think that was a great 'life illustration' about NOT ignoring pain!
One final tidbit: Cassie's doctor is Amy Reddy. When we took her in on Friday, Cassie SCREAMED, cried, whaled and made herself sick at the visit from all the emotion. So this morning I wanted to be sure to 'prepare' her for what was ahead--I told Cassie we were going to visit "Dr. Reddy." Cassie's response (a sure sign that she's feeling better), "ohhhh...Dr. Reddy, set, GO!" She was happy from that point on, played happily in the office and when she heard Dr. Reddy's voice in the hallway as we were waiting in the examination room, she said, "Dr. Reddy, set, Go" and banged on the door to see her! Isn't that adorable, or am I just a gushing Mom!?! We'll be going back to visit "Dr. Reddy, Set, Go" in a few weeks-after we finish the 10 day antibiotic treatment.
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