小小猪自打圣诞节前夕周一就开始打喷嚏，流鼻涕，偶尔有点红眼睛。爸爸妈妈已经有点经验了，加之天气比较冷，担心出门会加重病情，就没有去见大夫，自行用了saline spray和eye drop。如此不好不坏到了周五早上，小小猪开始有些咳嗽了，声音中带着重重的痰音，是以前从来没有过的。加上马上又要到周末了，保险起见，爸爸妈妈还是决定去见大夫。大夫查了查，说气管没事，但是左耳有些发炎，给开了口服抗生素。
抗生素是橘黄色的稠稠的液体，象是化了的橘子雪糕。估计味道不错，小小猪吃完第一小勺，又张大了小嘴等着要第二小勺，于是被笑骂了声小傻子，小馋猫。
抗生素的说明书是说要”taken at the start of a light meal”。于是喂完抗生素后，爸爸开始喂牛奶。小小猪喝着喝着，没有一点先兆的“哇”的一声就吐了，于是妈妈赶紧先把小小猪外衣外裤上的呕吐物大概擦擦，把小小猪抱到了自己怀里，好让爸爸换衣服，然后又两人一起把小小猪的衣服换了，收拾了吐脏的地毯，摇椅，把衣服上脏的地方用手搓搓，扔进洗衣机。这已经是小小猪当天第二次换外衣，第一次是从医院回来以后。
宝宝午睡起来后，又喂了些奶，过了两小时吃晚饭，是用婴儿罐头四季豆泥加了少量的米糊，比平常调的稀很多，因为妈妈想这样比较容易消化。宝宝一口接一口等不及的要吃，估计是饿极了，因为妈妈怕她抗生素有反应，特地减少了每餐的量。到最后还剩两口时，开始贪玩，不愿坐高椅子了，爸爸就把她放到了小推车里进行饭后散步。以前每次宝宝开始贪玩不热切地等待下一口喂饭之后，往往只是半饱，只要减慢喂饭的速度还是可以吃不少的。妈妈觉得要喂完剩下的两口根本就不成问题。果然，见妈妈递过勺子，小家伙立马张大了嘴，很开心就吃了下去。谁知妈妈正在刮着碗边搜罗最后一勺时，小家伙又“哇”的一声吐了，妈妈赶紧递过碗去接。这次吐的比较厉害，比吃进去的还多，估计下午喝的奶也吐出来了，很是让妈妈郁闷，直后悔不该喂最后的一口。妈妈用碗接时还是慢了一步，最先的一点还是吐到了身上和小推车上，于是换了当天的第三套衣服。
小推车收拾完，暂时有点湿，不能坐了，于是爸爸抱着散步。一个没留神，似乎是小家伙自己伸手到喉咙里抠了一下，又吐了，把自己和爸爸的衣服又弄脏了。而此时妈妈还在处理前次的脏衣服。于是又是一阵忙乱的找干净衣服，处理脏衣服。至此换了当天的第四套衣服，应是历史最高纪录了。
再后来，妈妈抱着哄睡觉。小家伙迷迷糊糊都要睡着了，突然有点咳嗽恶心状，吓的妈妈赶紧叫爸爸拿了碗来接。小家伙呕了几声，又吐了一小点，估计胃已经吐空了，真是可怜。
小家伙吐了这么多次，妈妈在想会不会是药物过敏。但又好像记得医生说过抗生素过敏要到第二次吃才会反应出来。于是回忆了宝宝一天的菜单，发现为了好消化，当天吃的都是流质食品。想想自己如果一天吃那样的东西，也会恶心的。于是第二天，妈妈恢复了以前的饮食搭配，有干有稀的。周六，周日宝宝继续吃抗生素，没有再吐，精神也好多了，只是生病症状没有希望中消退的快，慢慢等吧。
附记：宝宝一天换了四套衣服，妈妈很是感慨有洗衣机，烘干机的好处，说人民生活水平确实是提高了。想当年我们父母带我们时，那么差的物质条件，真是辛苦他们了。爸爸又补充了一点，一次性的尿布更是节约了很多辛苦。
吃抗生素后的第四天，宝宝开始有红屁股， 不知道是不是抗生素引起的。大夫说很有可能是。以下是症状简单纪录：
Ellen started taking Amoxillin (antibiotics) from 12/28/2007 to treat ear infection.
12/28/07 to 12/30/07: Ellen stayed at home.
12/31/07, Monday: After Ellen came back from the nanny’s home, it was found that the area of her girl’s part was very red with little red dots. She pooed a couple of times that day. There is nothing else special about her activity that day. She did not sit in the rotating chair a lot and was not held by the nanny in the arms too much. The diaper was changed about every 4 hours.
01/01/07, Tuesday: Ellen stayed at home. No special treatment was given except for warm water wash and the redness went away all by itself. She did not poo for the whole day though.
01/02/07, Wednesday: Ellen went to the Nanny’s home. The nanny was told about the redness and asked to be careful. The first time changing the diaper, no redness was observed. Then starting from the second time changing the diaper, redness was observed again even though the nanny washed her after the diaper change. It seemed better than Monday, but the whole area was red. The changing pad cover was brought back home and washed. Ellen’s cloth was also washed that night.
01/03/07, Thursday night, a round circle of redness was observed around Ellen’s girl’s part and the rest part looks ok.
01/04/07, Friday morning, one half of the redness has completely gone. Ellen’ pediatrician’s nurse was called. She said the redness is common when the baby is taking antibiotics, which may make her pee/poo more irritating and cause the redness. It is not necessarily the yeast infection. The nurse is comfortable with not bring Ellen to the doctor’s office right away. She suggested following two on-the-counter drugs. She asked us to keep close monitoring and call or bring Ellen to the office on Monday if things don’t get better. She doesn’t quite think the redness may be caused by any not-clean condition in the nanny’s home.
1% hydrocortisone
Lotrimin af from the foot cream department
Instruction given by Ellen’s Doctor’s nurse:
Apply hydrocortisone twice a day to the red area for one day. It can be applied to both girl’s part area and rectal area. If the symptoms doesn’t improve, on the second day, apply hydrocortisone the first time changing diaper, then Lotrimin the second time changing the diaper. On the third day, apply Lotrimin twice a day. If the symptoms still doesn’t improve on the fourth day, call the doctor office again or bring Ellen to the office.
During the 01/10/08 ear infection follow up check, the doctor said that there are different diaper rash, some may associated with projected red spots. Diaper rash cream with zinc oxide can be tried before using the 1% hydrocortisone.
