For the past week, Remi has been super sick yet again. He had a fever of 103 for 5 days straight!!! He wouldn't eat, hardly drank anything and was super lethargic. Took him to urgent care on day 4 and was diagnosed with ..and I quote " A REALLY bad double ear infection". *And lets take note: this is now his 12th double ear infection.....his 2nd in just one month* Back on antibiotics (We had just finished antibiotics a week and half prior from another ear infection). The doctor recommended tubes ASAP 'cause she was concerned about his ear drums and hearing. (Again, we've seen an ENT back in September but he was hesitant to give Rem tubes at such a young age -9 months)
So I called a different ENT then who we saw in September and got an apt scheduled for the following week. That night, Rem was falling over every few seconds, had no balance at all, basically walking in circles. By the next morning, he would fall flat on his back randomly and just lay there. My mom was here and suggested we call the ENT to see if we could get in sooner. I called and they said to bring him in within the hour!
The new ENT said that the infection was effecting his equilibrium, listened to us explain his history (and actually gasped when we explained Rem being on IV antibiotics for an ear infection at just 2 months old) looked at his ears and said "Lets get you in for tubes ASAP" - Long story short - we have the surgery scheduled in 5 days!! Talk about quick!!
So this coming Friday, Feb 17th, we will go in for tubes!! I'm really nervous of course but can't wait to see how well this helps Remington. I'm so pleased knowing that if he does get anther ear infection, it won't be half as bad as what we've been through the last 12 months.
I'll keep you all posted on Friday. Pray for Remi that he gets through the procedure fine.
So I called a different ENT then who we saw in September and got an apt scheduled for the following week. That night, Rem was falling over every few seconds, had no balance at all, basically walking in circles. By the next morning, he would fall flat on his back randomly and just lay there. My mom was here and suggested we call the ENT to see if we could get in sooner. I called and they said to bring him in within the hour!
The new ENT said that the infection was effecting his equilibrium, listened to us explain his history (and actually gasped when we explained Rem being on IV antibiotics for an ear infection at just 2 months old) looked at his ears and said "Lets get you in for tubes ASAP" - Long story short - we have the surgery scheduled in 5 days!! Talk about quick!!
So this coming Friday, Feb 17th, we will go in for tubes!! I'm really nervous of course but can't wait to see how well this helps Remington. I'm so pleased knowing that if he does get anther ear infection, it won't be half as bad as what we've been through the last 12 months.
I'll keep you all posted on Friday. Pray for Remi that he gets through the procedure fine.
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