A blog post about snot

Isabella has been fighting a summer cold. It has been a bummer because her nose has been runny constantly. First it was her left nostril, then her right, and now it is kind of both and I think it has affected her throat because she is coughing quite a bit.

The first morning after we could tell she was starting to get stuffed up I went to her crib to get her. She pointed at her nose and said "nose" with sort of a disgusted look on her face, also like she was saying "what's up with all this snot? this is not fun". I said, "Do you need a kleenex?" and she said "yeah". I can't really describe how she says "yeah", but it is the answer to many questions I ask her and the tone just cracks me up. Along with this cold, Isabella has also started using kleenex on her own, even though she basically just rubs the snot all around her face. She also sort of blows into the kleenex. When she's done she'll either give the kleenex to me and say "dirty" or go throw it out in the garbage herself. I've noticed that kleenex are the only thing she's throw out with asking me if it is okay first (at least as far as I know). Normally, she'll find something on the floor that she thinks is garbage and show it to me and go "uh?" in a questioning tone (that is how she asks all her questions) and I'll tell her it is ok to go throw it out. With kleenex it is a different story, when she's done she throws it right out and then she'll often turn right around to me and go "nose? nose?" pointing to her nose, letting me know that she'd like another kleenex.

After a couple of rough nights of Isabella being miserable and coughing, I decided I'd better take her in to the doctor today. It turns out she has an ear infection in both ears again. The tube in her right ear is completely gone and the one in the left ear is not doing its job (although it could in the next couple of days). Our doctor recommended waiting until the fall to see if we think we'd better get her tubes replaced. This is because if she needs them, she wants her to have a good set of tubes through the winter months. Poor Isabella. Our doctor seemed really bummed that the tubes weren't doing their job. So, she's back on amoxicillin and we are on diaper rash watch again.