Not only did Nicholas not sleep in past 7, but he only made it to 1:30am. I was then with him for all but maybe half an hour until 6, although he and I did get some interrupted sleep in that time. The kid was clearly in pain and crying and needing snuggles. We were up for a while, slept in his bed for awhile, slept on the floor for awhile, and so on, getting up every half hour or so. It was pretty miserable.
But then when he woke up just before 6 he had snapped back in and was his normal self. He was hungry (which made sense since he hadn't eaten much for dinner) but chipper and wide awake and happy. So I tagged Joe and went to bed in my actual bed and all seemed well.
Joe then noticed when he took Nicholas in for his haircut that he had blood and fluid literally dripping out of his right ear. We got him in to see the doctor (thank goodness for Saturday hours!) and it turns out he has a ruptured ear infection. Which from what I can learn is an ear infection where the pressure and fluid buildup is so bad that it causes the eardrum to burst. And there are apparently some blood vessels in there that are impacted. But it explains the extreme pain followed by feeling intensely better seemingly on a dime.
The whole thing sort of freaks me out, but the pediatrician seemed nonplussed, giving us a prescription for antibiotics, so hopefully there are no further ramifications. I need to call with follow up questions next week (because I never think of them while I am IN the office) to check on whether this needs to impact the swim lessons that begin next week, the status of that ear tube, and so on.
The crazinest thing is 0 fever through this whole thing. If there hadn't been blood in the fluid we probably would have let it go a couple more days. Yikes!
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