DayDay Update

We have been off track for the last week, which is a really good thing since Damon has still been sick. We spent most of week at the InstaCare trying to figure out what was going on with his pesky ear infection. The doctor finally did a culture of his ear and a few days later we found out that it is a staph infection. We have no idea how he got a staph infection in his ear, it is very much a mystery. All I know is that he has had an ear infection on and off since July. We have tried every antibiotic and ear drops available and nothing works. We finally had to take him for a series of painful shots of a really strong antibiotic for three days in a row. He was so brave! He knew he had to get shots and went in and took them like a champ. The nurses were so amazed by his attitude and willingness to cooperate. The shots are really painful and have to be laced with a painkiller to make them tolerable, and are known to make even grown men cry. Yet he went in without hesitation and rolled up his pants and got the shots and only cried for a few seconds, TOTAL.

The shots seemed to help, so far! We are continuing to give ear drops twice a day for the next week or so. The doctors are now concerned about how many times his ear drum has ruptured over the last few months and they want to make sure that there isn't any hearing loss. They also want to make sure that the infection is gone. If not, he will need tubes or his tonsils removed. I take him to a specialist on Wednesday. (Please pray for my little guy, he has been through so much and I just want him to feel better). We are still thinking that he got this infection from swimming at The Daybreak Beach, which had to be closed due to the staph bacteria growing in the man-made waters. Not to mention, people were getting worms in their digestive track. We just think it is ironic that we played in the water once, and then had an infection a few days later.

Now that Day is feeling a little bit better, he is back to playing his video games. This boy is obsessed! He thinks he lives in a video game. He says the funniest things: Instead of saying "can you hand me a pillow" he says "can you activate me a pillow." If he's still hungry he will show you with his hands his energy level and say "I don't have all my bars yet." He can't just put his shoes on, he has to "morph" into them. Right now, his favorite games and toys are anything Ben 10. He loves to play with his "omnitrix" and now has Jassy obsessed with Ben 10 too. They play for hours together, until he can't handle being bossed around and yelled at by Jassy anymore. He usually just walks away from her when she is being a brat, but he is really, really, really patient with her and does his best to make her happy. When they are playing together, you can hear her laughing all through the house. He is such a gentle spirit! I ♥ him.