Yep, you guessed it...of us versus ear infection. Over the weekend, we suspected that Coop's right ear was infected. He was already scheduled for a follow-up to a follow-up with the ENT (ear,nose,&throat) dr yesterday so we kept it and Ryan took him. So I've started off this entry with the positive - a picture of Cooper waiting for the dr because well, the visit didn't end as well. The dr talked a lot of dr lingo saying the right ear tube isn't functioning properly and they probably just need to go in and put in a "T" tube (google it, it doesn't not look fun) which hopefully can be done the same time as his eye probing (yay!) but then he ordered blood work. He wants to see his blood counts and his immunifluxation (anyone know what this is?) to see if they indicate any underlying issue. So off to the lab Ryan and Cooper went. I can only imagine what the poor little guy had to go through at this point. I'm probably glad that I wasn't there and that Ryan decided to go ahead without me. They had to hold him down and poke him twice, once in each arm to get 2 vials of blood. ug :( I could tell just by the way Ryan talked about it that it was by far the worst thing he's ever had to go through with Cooper.
The dr put him back on antibiotics (back to amoxicillin) and his (did I mention, freakin' expensive!) ear drops for 10 days. and then, this morning when he woke up, he had drainage coming out of his left ear (indicating an infection on that side now). I called the ENT dr and I've been on and off the phone with different people but it looks like we're going to go ahead with the right ear tube replacement and possibly left also - the dr will decide in surgery. So needless to say, at this point we're completely overwhelmed and not sure which direction to go with all of this. I guess for now we wait for the blood work results and try to get the surgeries coordinated. poor poor poor little guy. I can only hope that mommy and daddy are having the hardest time with all of this.
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