ENT update

Avery saw the ENT last Monday...what a relief!!!  She's getting tubes this Tuesday!!!  I can hardly wait.  Don't you know she also has another double ear infection with rupture!  So, she's now taking the 5th antibiotic for these pesky infections.  The best part of the whole appointment was that the ENT believed me when I said she had allergies and told me what dose of Zyrtec to give her.  She's been getting it all week and on Saturday we spent the better part of the day outside and she did great!!!  No watery eyes or runny nose!!!!  I'm so relieved!  It's been a good week!

Another rough week

After getting the all clear from the Dr. on Friday, we had a great weekend!  Avery had her first ride on a swing and she loved it!  She also sprouted another tooth!  Then she started running a fever on Sunday and Monday she was pretty pitiful.  Back to the pediatrician to find she had a double ear infection, left eardrum ruptured...again.  She gave us Omnicef and a referral to the ENT.  It didn't stop there.  We started the antibiotics and since she had the rupture again, I used the left over antibiotic ear drops on that ear.  For 3 nights she was awake all night running a fever, at times close to 104!!!  It seemed things would get worse after her dose of antibiotic.  About an hour later she would start running fever, scream in pain, gassy, clench fists and shaking.  She also had no formed stools.  I decided to call the Dr. again Thursday to get her back in.  The Dr. was unsure if it was a reaction to the medicine, but I found it interesting that her left ear, the ruptured one, was good, but her right one was really red.  Obviously the Omnicef wasn't working, but the ear drops did!  So we stopped the Omnicef and put her on Z-pak and there was an immediate change.  It's Saturday now and despite a runny nose and cough, she's 100% back to normal.  I don't know if it was the change in antibiotic, or if the underlying virus is finally getting beat, I'm just glad she's so much better!