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Sunday, July 11, 2010

ENT and Ear-Infections.....

It looks like we will be visiting a Ear, Nose & Throat Dr. in the near future with Ayla.  She has had multiple ear infections over the last 6 months, like at least 4-5.
Last month at clinic the Dr's put her on a new Rx to try and get rid of this fluid in her ears and her cold and it worked great but as soon as she was done with it...we slowly began to see symptoms return.
This weekend started with a tummy ache Friday that led to a full blown fever Saturday and i can hear the crackle of congestion in her nose again :(  Each morning she has awaken with a fever of about 100.3 and complaining of tummy pains.  She has tried to throw up but nothing is really coming out.  She is not eating like normal but some throughout the day.
So last night I called in to Pulmonologist on call and they advised me to start her back on zithromax (she had another 5 day cycle) and get to the pediatrician Monday.  And get a referral to a pediatric ENT as soon as we can.  We don't want Ayla to be on antibiotics for extended periods of time and this is obviously just a "band-aid" to the real problem.
Over the last few months she has even began to have issues hearing as well...she always says: "whuyasay" aka: What did you say?  It's so cute...but she has been saying it so much now that phrase has turned into a slur for her now...
So hopefully tomorrow we will get some answers..her pediatrician is very leery of tubes...he thinks to many Dr's give tubes without cause...but I think we can see we have a real problem here...
So I will update after our appointment Monday, as for today we are just hanging out..I can see an improvement already today from the zithromax....but once the Motrin wears off....she's DONE!

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