Doubles

It was a weekend of doubles in our house.  Let me explain and first of all.  First of all, we had been planning all week to make a trip to the MN Zoo to see the Farm Babies exhibit (and the penguins) on Saturday.  The weather was looking great, plans were falling into place.  But then...the doubles...let me explain.

First preface:  Ella has been having some sort of stuffy nose/runny nose thing which started Friday before Palm Sunday.  We've been doing Tylenol, Triaminic, Vicks, what have you...just about every remedy available over the counter to try and kick this in the butt. 

Okay, so Friday marked 14 days of this thing, so I called our nurse line and got Ella in on Friday morning to see Dr. Mitha.  Guess what?  Double Ear Infection.  WHAT?!  Not once did Ella complain about either of her ears, she was sleeping mostly decent and now she's got a Double Ear Infection.  Apparently quite a yucky case too according to Dr. Mitha.  Wonderful.  Do you remember Ella's last (and only other) ear infection?  It did not clear quickly, and that was only in one ear. 

Second preface:  Lower back problems have become a common occurrence in our house (but we don't really understand why).  Jay's lower back and hip went out during the week before Easter.  He saw the chiropractor a few times that week and then was starting to feel less pain and back to normal...until Friday. 

Jay was walking down the stairs and something went out (you'd think we were 80 years old)!  He knew it right away but icing and ibuprofen didn't help.  Probably only an hour or so before his walk down the stairs, I was sitting in the doctor's office and during the course of putting Ella on my lap, a "zinger" went down my back.  If you have ever had back problems, this zinger is not a good one.  The muscles immediately clenched up and I felt like I'd never make it out of the chair!

A double ear infection and both Jay and I were/are dealing with lower back issues.  It was an interesting weekend.