Sick Baby

Well if you couldn't guess from the title, our Claire has been sick. It has been a rough week for her the poor girl. It all started last tuesday. At first she just had a runny nose, and I thought it was because she is teething. Then in the middle of the night she woke up coughing and wheezing. We took her to the doctor the next day where we learned she had croup and two ear infections. No wonder she didn't sleep. The doc gave her a breathing treatment and a shot to open her lungs and then prescribed some antibiotics. We were hopeful she would start to show some improvement. Then on Friday she developed a fever of 102. Finally on sunday the fever went away and she was showing signs of being her happy normal self. Well this morning she woke up covered in a rash. I had a feeling it was a reaction to the antibiotics, so I called the doctor. They told me she had to be seen. So I made the appointment and went in. I couldn't get in with my regular doctor. The Doc was 45 min behind. Then she looked at Claire for 5 minutes and said "she has a rash". Thanks Doc I already knew that. They told me to stop giving her the antibiotics and just watch for signs that the ear infection didn't get cleared up. Now maybe it is just me, but I don't think that is the best option. I know there are other types of antibiotics, wouldn't it make more sense to prescribe another one. I feel like it was just a waste of a trip to the doctor. I know it is better to be safe than sorry, but come on. Thats why I called and talked to someone first. I just hope this is the end of the illnesses for a while. I have to take Claire back to the Doctor in a couple weeks for her 15 month appointment. Then I hope we don't have to see that place again for 3 more months. *fingers crossed*

On the house situation, we heard back about the home in clinton. We didn't get it. Apparently when the bank saw that there was interest in the house they decided to ask for more. So they came back and asked for $20,000 more than they had it listed for. I don't believe anyone is just going to be willing to pay an extra $20,000. I'm not sure what they were thinking. We are still waiting to hear on the house in West Haven. I am hoping the same thing doesn't happen with this home. I know there are 3 other offers in on it besides ours. I could see the bank deciding to raise the price, lets hope they don't. We are going to go out and look at some more homes this week. Hopefully we will find some we could see ourselves living in. I figure the more offers we have out the better the chance of getting one. It seems like with so many homes on the market we should be able to find one with no problems. Maybe I am being too picky. But I really want to get a home we will love. Not just buy one to buy one, you know what I mean? Hopefully we will find one and be moved in before Lynn and Faith come home in June. Wish us luck.