Terrible Mommy!!!

So last week, I mentioned that Brock had been sick with a fever and throwing-up all week. By Thursday, he was still running a fever and showing no signs of things letting up. Knowing that I had an incredibly busy weekend having to cook for Zion's Camp, I took him to the doctor hoping that we would fine some reason why he was still SOOO sick. And they DID!!!... in a really bad way!!! Brock had two horribly infected ears that were causing him to be so violently ill that it was causing the really high fevers and the vomiting. I felt like the most AWFUL parent on earth! He had mentioned at the beginning of the week that his ear hurt, but not when we tugged on it or touched it, just when when he touched the top of his ear lobe. I thought, that couldn't be an ear infection, he would be in pain if we did all that and it certainly wouldn't hurt on the outside of his ear. WRONG! To make a long story short... his ears were so bad that they had to give him antibiotic injections in both legs! This was after I had the hardest time convincing him to go to the doctor in the first place and PROMISED him that we were just going to check his ears and they would NOT give him a shot for that! HELLO.. I will never promise such a thing again... who would have thought! By Friday afternoon, he was a different kid. He was feeling so much better and no more fever or puke! Hooray! He is still having trouble hearing, but with as bad as his ears were, I think it will take some time for them to get back to normal. Moral of the story... for heaven's sake, listen to your kids even when it doesn't make sense! Guess I need to go back to Parenting 101.