Doctor's Visit

Well I am officially the mom that will take their child to the doctor way to much just to be on the safe side, which I found out is a good thing. On Friday I noticed that there was some white stuff on McCoy's tongue that was not coming off. I immediately thought that it was thrush and called the doctor to make an appointment. Since he was almost 2 weeks at the time they said they would go ahead and do his 2 week check up as well. So we went and the nurse assured me that it was not thrush just some breast milk on his tongue. Megan, my sister, went with me because I was a little scared to go out into the real world by myself with him for the first time. He is in the 94% in height and 71% in weight. I went home feeling good that he was okay and not sick.

Well over the weekend the white stuff in his mouth only got worse. It has gone down his throat, on his cheeks, lips, and under his tongue. So this morning he woke up and had a low grade fever and his throat seemed scratchy. So I immediately called the doctor to make another appointment. We went in at 11 today and what do you know....he has a bad case of thrush!! I was so mad that they told me he didn't have it on Friday and now it has gotten ten times worse. So on the way home I stopped by and picked up the medicine that he now needs to take for 14 days... yes it takes 2 weeks for it to go away. During that time I now get to was my nipples with soap and water before and after each feeding. It already takes me about 45 minutes to feed so that will add to the daily routine in hopes I do not get it on my nipples.