Grumpy Brycen

Last week on Friday, Brycen had a rough day at Jean's house. He was "grumpy" as he told Burke and I on Friday night.  He's normally such a happy guy and not normal for him to have an "off " day.  He ran a slight temp a few days earlier on Wednesday but didn't show any other signs of being sick besides his attitude.  Over the weekend he started to have more and more discharge from his eyes.

It wasn't until Saturday morning when he cried for about 20 minutes over something I can't even remember what it was about.  He continued to have crusty eyes on Saturday and was noticeably tired.  It was most noticeable in church when Brycen cried a few times and had to be taken out to the narthex. We've only had to take him out of church to visit the nursery changing table. A few people even commented that Brycen was not his usual self. He seemed real pale and had slight bags under his bright blue eyes.  Burke put it best at supper time on Sunday night, "We've had a lot of ups and downs over the weekend... More downs than ups" when referring to Brycen's attitude and demeanor.

Sunday evening we decided that if he had goofy eyes in the morning to take him in to the doctor. Brycen has a big birthday party this weekend with family coming from Denver, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin. He needed to healthy and ready to PARTY!

We got to Dr. Mark Reinertson's office and the prognosis was pink eye PLUS an ear infection. No wonder he was a little grumpy this weekend! We stopped at Walgreens to pick up some medicine and got home just in time for lunch. He had a long nap that lasted over 3 hours and woke up his happy and extremely goofy self... making jokes and smiles all around.

Hoping for a complete turn-around just in time for the weekend!