Another week, another ear infection. Ella finished 10 days of antibiotic and had her 18 month well baby exam last week. Two days later, her ears were infected and oozing goo again! We saw the ENT specialist yesterday and yes, they want to put tubes in again.
Both tubes were originally put in last summer. The left ear apparently came out sometime shortly after Christmas. Since then, Ella has had 4 ear infections. I think this latest is #5. She has not felt well in months and we were really hoping the doctor might think a second set of tubes would be the solution. (Not that we want surgery for our child, but the first set seemed to help her so much. She slept better, felt better, developed better, etc...)
The doctor says this type of tube should stay in for 12-15 months. He really thinks that will be enough time for her body to grow and straighten out the Eustachian tubes so her ears can drain on their own.
It's been miserable to hear her cry out every hour or so overnight. She puts herself back to sleep pretty quickly on most occasions, but she's still running a fever, she can't stand to have her ears touched, and we just know she's in pain!!
She's crawled into bed with us the last 2 nights for a half hour or so while the Motrin kicks in. (I know it's a bad habit and I don't think it's something she'll continue.) She usually snuggles with Mommy for awhile and I'll rub her back. But she always want to have Daddy close enough to touch. She'll scoot up to his back and put her cheek right up again his ear. (She needs that Daddy lovin' to help get her through until the pain goes away.) After about 15-30 minutes.. the Motrin starts to do the trick. Troy can just pick her up and put her back in bed and she'll put herself to sleep.
I'll miss snuggling with that adorable little bit while we wait for the medicine to work, but I won't miss rocking her while she screams or getting up every hour. It will be nice to have our nights back for awhile... until the baby boy arrives.
Both tubes were originally put in last summer. The left ear apparently came out sometime shortly after Christmas. Since then, Ella has had 4 ear infections. I think this latest is #5. She has not felt well in months and we were really hoping the doctor might think a second set of tubes would be the solution. (Not that we want surgery for our child, but the first set seemed to help her so much. She slept better, felt better, developed better, etc...)
The doctor says this type of tube should stay in for 12-15 months. He really thinks that will be enough time for her body to grow and straighten out the Eustachian tubes so her ears can drain on their own.
It's been miserable to hear her cry out every hour or so overnight. She puts herself back to sleep pretty quickly on most occasions, but she's still running a fever, she can't stand to have her ears touched, and we just know she's in pain!!
She's crawled into bed with us the last 2 nights for a half hour or so while the Motrin kicks in. (I know it's a bad habit and I don't think it's something she'll continue.) She usually snuggles with Mommy for awhile and I'll rub her back. But she always want to have Daddy close enough to touch. She'll scoot up to his back and put her cheek right up again his ear. (She needs that Daddy lovin' to help get her through until the pain goes away.) After about 15-30 minutes.. the Motrin starts to do the trick. Troy can just pick her up and put her back in bed and she'll put herself to sleep.
I'll miss snuggling with that adorable little bit while we wait for the medicine to work, but I won't miss rocking her while she screams or getting up every hour. It will be nice to have our nights back for awhile... until the baby boy arrives.
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