I finally decided to take Brett to see the doctor today. A different doctor actually. He's been sick for almost a month. The amount of snot that's coming out of that boy is just not right. Sorry to be gross but it's true. His doctor said not to worry, it's just a cold. So I was letting run it's course and giving him some Tylenol here and there. But this morning he was really cranky and crying for no apparent reason. He also felt like he had a fever. So I ended up bringing him to the doctor on call. She checked him over and when she tried to look in his ears she couldn't see the drum because of the wax. So what I thought was going to be a simple visit turned into me holding my baby down so they could flush his ears out. WOW! That is not something I want to do ever again. It hurt him and he was pissed off! He only weighs 23lbs....but he's strong when he wants to be.
Anyway, they flushed them and cleaned them all out and he does have an ear infection. Not to mention a sinus infection too. My poor little boy. I felt so bad for him. But he'll be on the medicine starting tonight.
Now my Husband is questioning whether we should switch doctors because our didn't catch it. Is it possible to have that much wax build up in just 5 days??? I don't know. Our pediatrician is old. I'm guessing in his 70's. But he's a trusted member of the community and has been a doctor here for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure what we're going to do. He's taken good care of them for the most part since they came home from the hospital. But....he does do the brush off sometimes. It's a hard call. I guess we just need to weigh the pros and cons.
Other than the ear fiasco, we had a pretty quiet day. We'll see what happens when they get up from their nap.
Oh, and by the way....Grammy is coming home next week! We've missed her so much. Especially Ed. He's going to freak out when he see's her. I can't wait. Be on the lookout for pictures of my brothers face on that day!
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