<p>Next time my son gets sick, I&#39;m going to skip calling the pediatrician and I&#39;m just going to ask the wise, all-knowing mothers of the internet what I should do.</p>

<p>My son&#39;s ear infection improved on the Amoxil, which he&#39;s been on since Monday.&#0160; While he&#39;s not screaming in agony anymore, something just wasn&#39;t right, so we took him to the pediatrician today.</p>

<p>Guess what he said?</p>

<p>&quot;It looks like the ear has improved but, it&#39;s still infected.&#0160; We&#39;ll put him on <strong>Zithromax</strong> (!!!!!!) and it should be all cleared up in time for your trip.&quot;</p>

<p>Did you hear that - ZITHROMAX!&#0160; Just like the lovely strangers who commented on my last post suggested!</p>

<p>Who needs pediatricians with fancy offices and fancy Harvard MDs when you&#39;ve got the internet?</p>

<p>(thanks)</p>

<p>Moving on...</p>

<p>We are still sick.&#0160; All three of us.&#0160; And we are still flying to Europe - foiled terrorist plots be damned.</p>

<p>But I have to admit a moment of hesitation when I turned on the news at 6 am on Thursday (as I carried my sick child) and heard on CNN that terrorists wanted to blow up AA and British Airways planes (<em>hey!&#0160; That&#39;s what we&#39;re flying...</em>), and that Heathrow was closed (<em>We&#39;re spending the night at a hotel near there and flying out the next day..</em>.) and that we would not be able to bring any liquids on board (<em>b-b-but we&#39;re traveling with a sick toddler...what will he eat?</em>).&#0160; Honestly, I just turned off the TV and was in complete denial all day.</p>

<p>Today we called AA and they said that we would not be allowed to bring ANYTHING on board other than our passports and wallets because we were flying to London.&#0160; My husband and I looked at each other, and for a split second thought this was a sign that we should cancel.&#0160; But after the week we&#39;ve had in preparation for this trip, we were not going to give up so easily.</p>

<p>We switched airlines.&#0160; We&#39;re not flying through London anymore, and our new airline provides baby food.</p>

<p>Things are looking up.</p>

<p>(PS- I must give AA props.&#0160; They were very courteous when we switched carriers.&#0160; And by courteous, I mean that they did it for free.)</p>
