The ENT told us when little b had his tubes put in that if we saw some yucky drainage, he had another ear infection. Only about 10% of kids never get an ear infection again with tubes. 10% get them just as frequently. And the rest might get a few but they are less frequent and less severe. I was hoping we'd be in the 10% that didn't get them ever again, but yesterday morning proved that wasn't so. B was the first to notice his brother's left ear was wet. Josh wiped it up, hoping it was just water. By the time we got to church, it was yellow drainage and was draining so much that it was dripping on his shirt if I didn't get it wiped quick enough. His ear quickly crusted up. Gross. So we started his antibiotic ear drops. He's not a fan of them, but the nice thing is, he can't throw them up or spit them out like he does with oral antibiotics now! :) We'll keep an eye on it and hopefully the ear drops take care of the problem. (And another nice thing - we know it's an infection, we have the drops plus lots of refills, so we can save $45 by not having to go to the clinic!)
He had been running a low fever off and on for a day or two... he was also chomping on his fingers hard so we thought he had another tooth coming in. He still might - his two teeth he has, came at the same time during an ear infection. Could this kid be one who gets an ear infection every time he gets teeth? Ugh!
But hey - we set a new record - 6 weeks without an ear infection instead of his "normal" every two to three weeks since January, before he had tubes. :)
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