On Friday, March 31, Anderson was diagnosed with his first ear infection. Oh...make it a double. That's right a double ear infection with conjunctivitis in both eyes. We Parrott's do not underachieve! The doctor prescribed two antibiotics - one as an eye drop for the conjunctivitis (twice a day for 7 days), and the other a liquid oral medication for his ears (twice a day for 10 days). Well, we made it through the 7 days of eye drops, but it was not pretty. He fought, wriggled, and screamed through almost each dosing until Richard gave him the medication and did not tightly restrain his arms. Hmm...Anderson hardly squirmed. It wasn't the eye drops like I assumed, it was having his arms held down. Lesson learned. After the first seven days of the oral medication (amoxicillin) Anderson began growing spots - little red pen-mark ones - all over his back.
This also happened to be a Friday so I called the doctor to see if they could fit us in on Monday as I was sure it was not urgent. When they replied with, "how soon can you get here," I sheepishly replied that I could be there in 15 minutes and vowed to call CPS on myself upon returning home. Well, it turns out Anderson is allergic to amoxicillin and that caused the red bumps. They switched his antibiotic and decided it would be best to start this one over and give it for another 10 days. Well, it could be worse. Anderson would drink this stuff from a straw if I would let him. He is disappointed when it is gone each day. Ha!
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