Alex's ER visit! Don't worry he's fine.....

Last night we put all the kids to bed at a decent time and then Justin had to go to work for a couple of hours. Well, when I was chatting with my mom Alex came out and I heard him say "I have a bloody nose as he was leaving his room". It was odd cause he clearly didn't have a bloody nose and then he said his cheek hurt. He fell a sleep again and I just figured either his face fell a sleep or his imagination got the best of him- common for him at night! About twenty minutes after falling a sleep he was up again and said his ear hurt really bad so I gave him some Tylenol and told him we would take him to the doctors today and he was cheerful and then fell a sleep again. Well, about a hour later he woke up and was nice, but clearly in pain and just uncomfortable. At 3:45 Justin took him to the er, and they were home at 4:40 which is just not heard of in bigger towns. We all had colds last week and the doctor said that his sore throat spread to his ear and it had gotten infected. His other ear is a little bit red, but the one ear is pretty bad. Alex was happy when he came home and said the doctor was really nice and gave him two sticks to play with. He is on some antibiotics which is just the second time in his life. I think he must have thrown up sometime last night though cause there's a bucket by him on the couch and Justin has the fragrant spray near...... Alex is acting fine and said he chocked, but I'll ask Justin about it when he wakes up. I was up at 7 to get Anthony ready for school and he is already off and I've already fed Alyssa too. Lexie is still sleeping! Justin will be going to work in a hour and then he'll be home around 4 today so it will be nice for him to have a shorter day. Off to go feed Alex as he says he is finally ready to eat! Love, Julie P.S. Thank goodness our kids have insurance!