It started Wednesday, December 16 (I checked my FB status update to be sure of the date) at 11:00 at night. Alex had croup.

By the weekend, he had a cold.

By Monday, he had an ear infection. We survive Christmas weekend…things start to look better at least some of the time.

On the following Monday, he had a second ear infection (despite being on the pink stuff for the entire previous week).

We start the white stuff. Things improve slightly.

But Alex remains fussy and anti-sleeping. We determine that his stomach hurts. We blame the white stuff for messing up his good bacteria, too.

By Saturday, January 2, he seems himself again (after a ginormous diaper blowout) with only the occasional fussy spell. Over the next few days, he starts to sleep longer again. He still isn’t quite himself all the time, but it seems to be passing slowly away.

And then, yesterday, we start again.

Fever all day. 101.4 in the evening (between Motrin doses). Still warm this morning. No idea what this is.

So now I’m trying to decide if his ears are still not quite healed (today is his last dose of white stuff) or whether we are now getting a virus or if something else is heading our way. I think I’m going to wait a day or two more before heading to the doctor’s office (if it’s a virus, they can’t do anything anyway).

But still…I’m sick of sickness! And I want Alex to feel good again so he can be his jolly little self again. We miss our happy man! So hopefully, this will pass quickly. After 3 full weeks of various sicknesses, I’m ready for a reprieve!