小小豬自打聖誕節前夕周一就開始打噴嚏，流鼻涕，偶爾有點紅眼睛。爸爸媽媽已經有點經驗了，加之天氣比較冷，擔心出門會加重病情，就沒有去見大夫，自行用了saline spray和eye drop。如此不好不壞到了周五早上，小小豬開始有些咳嗽了，聲音中帶著重重的痰音，是以前從來沒有過的。加上馬上又要到周末了，保險起見，爸爸媽媽還是決定去見大夫。大夫查了查，說氣管沒事，但是左耳有些發炎，給開了口服抗生素。
抗生素是橘黃色的稠稠的液體，象是化了的橘子雪糕。估計味道不錯，小小豬吃完第一小勺，又張大了小嘴等著要第二小勺，於是被笑罵了聲小傻子，小饞貓。
抗生素的說明書是說要”taken at the start of a light meal”。於是喂完抗生素後，爸爸開始喂牛奶。小小豬喝著喝著，沒有一點先兆的“哇”的一聲就吐了，於是媽媽趕緊先把小小豬外衣外褲上的嘔吐物大概擦擦，把小小豬抱到了自己懷裏，好讓爸爸換衣服，然後又兩人一起把小小豬的衣服換了，收拾了吐髒的地毯，搖椅，把衣服上髒的地方用手搓搓，扔進洗衣機。這已經是小小豬當天第二次換外衣，第一次是從醫院回來以後。
寶寶午睡起來後，又喂了些奶，過了兩小時吃晚飯，是用嬰兒罐頭四季豆泥加了少量的米糊，比平常調的稀很多，因為媽媽想這樣比較容易消化。寶寶一口接一口等不及的要吃，估計是餓極了，因為媽媽怕她抗生素有反應，特地減少了每餐的量。到最後還剩兩口時，開始貪玩，不願坐高椅子了，爸爸就把她放到了小推車裏進行飯後散步。以前每次寶寶開始貪玩不熱切地等待下一口喂飯之後，往往隻是半飽，隻要減慢喂飯的速度還是可以吃不少的。媽媽覺得要喂完剩下的兩口根本就不成問題。果然，見媽媽遞過勺子，小家夥立馬張大了嘴，很開心就吃了下去。誰知媽媽正在刮著碗邊搜羅最後一勺時，小家夥又“哇”的一聲吐了，媽媽趕緊遞過碗去接。這次吐的比較厲害，比吃進去的還多，估計下午喝的奶也吐出來了，很是讓媽媽鬱悶，直後悔不該喂最後的一口。媽媽用碗接時還是慢了一步，最先的一點還是吐到了身上和小推車上，於是換了當天的第三套衣服。
小推車收拾完，暫時有點濕，不能坐了，於是爸爸抱著散步。一個沒留神，似乎是小家夥自己伸手到喉嚨裏摳了一下，又吐了，把自己和爸爸的衣服又弄髒了。而此時媽媽還在處理前次的髒衣服。於是又是一陣忙亂的找幹淨衣服，處理髒衣服。至此換了當天的第四套衣服，應是曆史最高紀錄了。
再後來，媽媽抱著哄睡覺。小家夥迷迷糊糊都要睡著了，突然有點咳嗽惡心狀，嚇的媽媽趕緊叫爸爸拿了碗來接。小家夥嘔了幾聲，又吐了一小點，估計胃已經吐空了，真是可憐。
小家夥吐了這麽多次，媽媽在想會不會是藥物過敏。但又好像記得醫生說過抗生素過敏要到第二次吃才會反應出來。於是回憶了寶寶一天的菜單，發現為了好消化，當天吃的都是流質食品。想想自己如果一天吃那樣的東西，也會惡心的。於是第二天，媽媽恢複了以前的飲食搭配，有幹有稀的。周六，周日寶寶繼續吃抗生素，沒有再吐，精神也好多了，隻是生病症狀沒有希望中消退的快，慢慢等吧。
附記：寶寶一天換了四套衣服，媽媽很是感慨有洗衣機，烘幹機的好處，說人民生活水平確實是提高了。想當年我們父母帶我們時，那麽差的物質條件，真是辛苦他們了。爸爸又補充了一點，一次性的尿布更是節約了很多辛苦。
吃抗生素後的第四天，寶寶開始有紅屁股， 不知道是不是抗生素引起的。大夫說很有可能是。以下是症狀簡單紀錄：
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.
