Ears

For eight months, Jackson was in perfect health. He had not had one single ear infection!! This was definitely a change after having Brady with four ear infections during his first year. A month ago, I brought Jackson in to Urgent Care for a suspected ear infection. Sure enough - he had one! The doctor put him on the standard amoxicillin and it really didn't seem to be helping AT ALL. I even called after a few days to ask if they could do anything since he still had a temp. and seemed very bothered by his ear.

About two weeks ago, Brett took him in for his follow up visit and the ear was still a little infected. The doctor told us to give it one more night to see if the infection would clear up on it's own, but it did not. He was put on his second antibiotic and seemed to be doing much better.

Last Saturday morning, he had his last dose of Cefdinir and we thought that he was doing great, but on Tuesday I had to leave work early and take him in to the doctor because he was screaming and really acting like he was in a lot of pain. Sure enough....the ear was still infected and it was pretty badly infected too :(

He is now on Augmentin (not sure if I spelled that right) and we have an appointment with the Ear Nose and Throat specialist for next Friday. It is looking like this little guy will have to have tubes put in. I think this will be harder for me than it is for him and I know that this is a very routine procedure and really helps a lot, but it's so hard to have to think about Jackson getting ANY kind of surgery :(

I will keep you updated, but please keep us in your prayers. We only want what's best for Jackson and if surgery is going to help him then we are okay with that, but it's going to be rough :(