Looking rough

It was the throaty hack that gave it away. The kind that reddens the face and causes tears to swell in the eyes. Oh, the fever, exhaustion and all-around sluggishness also gave it away: Elise is sick.
She developed the robust cough last week and by Sunday night, was coughing hard and frequently and was generally unhappy.
By this morning she was hacking up small organs and looking just plain miserable.
Anni took her to the doctor, who said her lungs sound OK but she has a respiratory bug. Then the doctor peered into Elise's right ear and had this observation: "Ouch. That doesn't look good."
You guessed it: another ear infection. It's only her second, but this one caught us by surprise. Last time she had one, she had been rubbing her ear and tugging on it. Even I could figure that out.
This time, though, we didn't expect she would have an ear infection.
She's working her way through it all, with 8 ml of help from amoxicillin twice daily.
At least we know the hacking is from bacteria, not Basics.