The Po Show

Snot

How's that for a title? Okay, back from the allergist: Tessa has yet another sinus infection. That's two sinus infections and two ear infections in the past three months. Yet another round of Augmentin for two weeks. I did find out there's a chewable Augmentin though, which is great, as Tessa has been totally despising the liquid crap. (The other great thing is that it's on our insurance formulary, so it's $25 instead of $50 for a prescription!) It was really getting hard to make her swallow the teaspoon and a half of the liquid crap twice a day for two weeks, so we had to bribe her with candy. Just swell for the girl who has had 10 cavities and 11 fillings.

Anyway, I'm really getting bummed about the constant infections. She's on two different meds (another $50 a month) for her allergies, but still constantly snotty. We're running air purifiers, encased her bedding, but she's still snotty. I irrigate her nose with saline (which makes her hysterical), but she's still snotty.

The allergist said that if she gets another sinus infection soon, we have to go to an ENT, to talk about having her adenoids removed. Ick.

Add this to the NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR DOLLAR utility bill we got this month (our radiator TOTALLY sucks!) and I'm not too thrilled about being on the east coast right now. Yeah, she's allergic to dust mites and mold, and we have those in CA too, but the cold wet weather just exacerbates her symptoms something awful. Well, we'll be in CA in two days :).