Bumps, Brusies & Aches

This family has been beat up lately. Ian has had constant ear infections since the end of October. He has been on and off antibiotics since then as well. Yesterday I took him in for his 5th ear infection. It ended up being a double infection. They finally switched him to a different antibiotic that they hadn't used before. We also have an appointment with the ENT, but not until February 12th. I just hope we get this figured out. Poor guy.

Matthew got a little banged up about 2 weeks ago as well. He was helping his dad out at the corrals on his day off. He was trying to move some cows, and went to shut the gate behind the cows. A cow kicked the gate pretty hard, slamming Matthew's left wrist in the gate. He also slipped and fell on the ice all in one motion. He could tell right away that his wrist was dislocated. (He had dislocated it right before we moved to Pullman riding horses.) He popped his wrist back into place, and came home. I called the doctor and got him in. They did a x-ray and said it looked good, and didn't think that anything was broken. They put him in a brace for 6-8 weeks. He came home and headed out to preg-check a few of the neighbors cows with his right arm. Crazy guy! The next day the Dr.'s office called and they wanted him to go in for a CT scan on it. He did and they still didn't find any fractures.  We are both relieved though.

Chloe has had her share as well. Saturday we were in Billings at my cousin and Stetson's baptisms. We had a nice little dinner with both families afterwards. Chloe was running on the gym floor, tripped and cut her lip. The next morning she was pretty swollen, and had a great duck lip. Monday, Chloe was chasing her cousin Landon in our small living room. She tripped once again, and either hit the rock on the chimney or wood stove. She has a good black eye now.

I also have had a good share of aches. It's been since before we moved back to Wyoming. My wrist have really bugged me. They would just ache all the time. Depending on what I had done that day too. Now it has moved to my fingers, elbows and shoulders. I went to the doctor before Christmas to get it checked out. I was thinking that maybe I just have a pinched nerve that is causing it all. He didn't think so since it was a aching pain. He has me do some blood work, but said that he thought that it could possibly be rheumatoid arthritis.  He said that their machines don't always catch it though. My test came back normal, and he referred me to a rheumatologist. I don't see her until March 12th, so now we play the waiting game.