Tuesday night we came home from work and daycare with a very fussy little bug. About an hour after we were home I took her temperature and she was running a fever. After a very long night of coughing and crying and tossing and turning, I took Ainsley to see the doctor. Double ear infection...again.
Ainsley and I stayed home yesterday and today. At this point she is feeling better, fever is gone, cough is better...but she is way cranky. So I know she's not feeling great.
Bad news is that this is her 5th ear infection since November. If we reach number 6, she'll have to go see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and from what I hear, he/she will recommend tubes. I'm really hoping it doesn't come to that, but we'll cross that bridge when we reach it. I often feel that we, children especially, are over-diagnosed and over-medicated, so I just want to be sure it's what is really needed. We'll see.
In more fun news, we took Ainsley on her first wagon ride Monday night. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa. She LOVED it. She was laughing and dancing. She had a lot of fun.
Well, gotta run, because she is being so cranky and now she's cryin because she dropped the phone.
I hope Ainsley is feeling better. Poor little thing....We HATE ear infections too!
ReplyDeleteMy kids all did the same thing, I am sorry to say. But here is an interesting fact I found out recently. Most people know that kids this small do not have the immunity to fight off the bacteria that causes these infections. They don't have full immunity until 6 or 7.
ReplyDeleteBUT, they have a booster shot that can significantly cut down on the constant sickness kids in daycare get. Our son was constantly sick in daycare and had 2 ear tube surgeries. Even after the surgeries his head was full of gunk.
We went to an allergist and they suggested this pneumovax booster which creates antibodies to 95% of the crud in daycare setting—mostly streptococcus bacteria. He hasn't been sick in months. But I am not sure how old you need to be.
Ear tube surgery, while nerve-racking for you, is really easy for them. And they feel 1,000% better the same day. We have been through 3. email me if you have questions! tisdale at gmail dot com
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