Ear Infection

Well, this is not what I expected my first post to be about.  Today was a first in the De Graaf household.  Brooklyn has an ear infection.  Katelyn was battling a runny nose the last couple of weeks and then on Monday Brooklyn got it.  She had a fever on Tuesday & Wednesday, with it topping out at 101.9 yesterday, so I took her to the dr. this morning and she is now taking medicine.  She is amazingly happy for being sick and really gave no indication of her ear hurting other than that she wanted to be held a little more and her fever. 

 

Here is a recent picture of Brooklyn at the park.  She is a huge smiler.  As you can see, she is also sporting her DOC Band (Helmet).  When Brooklyn was younger she always slept on the same side and developed a flat spot on the side of her head, which resulted in one ear being further forward than the other.  We are about 4 1/2 weeks into her 10-12 week treatment.  She has to wear the helmet 23 hours a day.  It is basically only off for bath time and any time she needs a change of clothes.  The helmet does not push on her head at all, but rather has room in places where her head needs to fill out more.  She doesn't seem to mind the helmet at all, except she has to bend her head funny to look up when she is crawling as the helmet gets in her line of sight.