Oh this ear....

The last few days seem like a blur. After another sleepless night on Sunday I called in for a sub for yesterday because there was no way Doodlebug was going to make it until I could get him in for an appointment. So being the determined mother that I am, Chase and I came up to the school long enough to get ready for a sub and then headed off to the ENT. I figured if I arrived on their doorstep with my child and his oozing ear then there was no way they could turn me away. Unless of course the ENT was off for the day... which he was. Gotta love my luck. I was told they would be more than happy to fit him on Tuesday and then was asked the question that made me want to slap her... "is it draining?" What? Seriously? You can't see that thick greenish yellowish stuff that is literally dripping on to your floor right.this.very.MINUTE?!?!?! Needless to say I was quickly given an appointment with the ENT one town down the road... thank you very much!

After making it the the alternative ENT is record time we were called back. I really feared what was going to happen because I knew they were going to have to drain his ear. However, the PA was awesome!! Chase has Mickey with us and she did everything on Mickey first, showing Chase that it didn't hurt. He sat in the chair all by himself and only told me once that he was scared, but even then he didn't try to get down. I found out lots of things during this time. 1) Oral Antibiotics are 1000 times stronger than antibiotic drops, but drops go right to the infection and 40% more effective, 2) if we get any more ear infections I will automatically ask for drops, 3) Chase's ear was completely clogged, 4) we are dealing with a resistant infection, 5) his tube will probably come out due this infection, and 6) my kid totally rocks. When it came time to suction his ear, I got in the chair and Chase got in my lap. She showed Chase exactly what she was going to do by doing it on Mickey. Unfortunately the scary thing is it's really loud next to their eardrum, but it's very quick. He leaned his head back on me and never made one single peep during the whole process. What a big, brave boy I have!!!! I was so proud of him!!!

Last night he begged me not to touch it as I tried to clean the goop and screamed that he didn't want me to hurt him, which about killed me. Tonight he did much better. Right now we are waiting on the resistance culture to come back and then we have a recheck scheduled for Tuesday. Hopefully we'll go in and find out that the infection is cleared, if not we'll be put on another antibiotic (#4) and go from there. My biggest fear is if the the tube comes out and we have to have anther put in we are looking at the build-up of scar tissue. Right now I'm trying not to think of think of that and just praying we'll get some really, really good news next week. He told me today that his ear felt better, that's gotta be a good sign... right?