ENT visit

We had Ben's follow up visit to his ENT today. He had seen his pediatrician 3 days ago, on Tuesday and she said that, even though he was displaying cold symptoms (as was Klara) and was very restless at night, she did not see any reason for the fever he had had for 2 days and it was probably a cold. But, he had a lot of earwax in his ear making it hard to see in the right ear if there was an infection. When we got to the ENT today for the follow up, he had not had a fever since Thursday morning, but still had all the cold symptoms, so I was hoping they might let us know if there was any infection brewing. Well, sure enough, he still had the ear wax in his ears. The dr had to get a nurse in the room to help hold Ben's head while I held his hands so he could use his "ear tickler" to get the wax out. OMG, there was a lot! Once he got it out, he did find there was an ear infection and decided to put him on amoxicillan.

Ben's right ear tube has also fallen out. The ENT decided not to do surgery again at this time. If he keeps getting recurrent ear infections, he may change his mind. His left tube is about to fall out as well. But, his hearing is excellent even with the tubes falling out. After the ENT, we had some lunch and went home. I was very very glad that they brought us back to the room right away because we did not even see the ENT until 10:15, even though our appointment time was 9:30. And with measles being in IL, I was not wanting to sit in the waiting room for 45 minutes. I was also glad that I brought some snacks and lunch for Ben, because I knew that he would be hungry after. We only have to follow up if Ben has more issues, or in 1 year for his annual audiology assessment. If he has more issues, we will reevaluate ear tubes again.

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