Ear Infection Avoided

Charlie has been complaining of an ear ache and his "teeth" and "tongue" hurting for the past couple days so we brought him in to the doctor today expecting that he had an ear infection. While he does have swollen glands, a little bit of a red throat, and questionable ears, he did not qualify as ill enough to warrant antibiotics. The 7 minute rapid strep test of course came back negative, but as we know from last time that means absolutely nothing; I'll be waiting for the "oops your kid does have strep" phone call in 48 hours...