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Maddie had her first ear infection shortly after Halloween last year. She had been really sick with Roseola and the ear infection showed up a few days later. She didn’t have another one until February after her battle with the flu, another very tough illness. Since February she has had several more stubborn ear infections and seems like she’s had fluid in her ears non-stop.

In early May, she had one and this is when we discovered her penicillin allergy in the form of scary hives. The ear infection went away for a few days, and then returned while she still had the hives. The next antibiotic was unsuccessful, and the third antibiotic finally worked. She recovered just in time for our cruise.

We’ve been battling yet another ear infection less than a month later. This time they prescribed the same antibiotic that worked last time, but it didn’t work for her this time. They prescribed a second one that seemed to work, but a week later we found ourselves in the pediatrician’s office again (this morning).

The visit to the pediatrician this morning was absolutely miserable. I knew that something was not right with my baby girl. She had a horrible night, and she had been acting like she’s in pain. We took her to the walk-in clinic this morning where we were for almost 2 hours. So much for a quick visit! The doctor checked her ears. Aside from some fluid, they looked fine.

Since we didn’t have another reason for her behavior, we opted to attempt to get a urine sample. The process of collecting a urine sample from a baby/toddler does not seem like it would be very comfortable. They literally tape a bag to her crotch and we wait. Maddie screamed from about this point forward and the bag was attached for nearly an hour. We finally told the nurses that enough was enough, we were done with this. They said we had the option of leaving the bag on her and returning with the sample later, but we asked them to remove the bag and let us go. It was an awful experience.

She went to daycare, and they called me mid-afternoon to inform me that Maddie has a fever and that I would need to pick her up. She also had some sticky fluid coming out of her ear. I went to get her, and sure enough she had some nastiness around her ear. I was worried that her ear drum had ruptured and with the fever she would not be able to have her tubes surgery in the morning as originally planned.

We called the ENT, and they wanted to see her this evening. Her ear had deteriorated during the day and was a bit gross by the time we saw the ENT. The good news is that he still felt we should proceed with the surgery in the morning! He gave us an antibiotic and instructed that we could give her Tylenol and Motrin tonight, as long as we didn’t give her anything past midnight (no food, water, meds, etc). Time to get to bed so we can be at the hospital bright and early at 5:30am!

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Posted by kerry on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 5:19pm.
Categories: life.