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I should just set up camp at my pediatrician's office - or at least install a direct line to her advice nurse. I've
been in their office once a week for the past two months and on the phone with my nurse pal at least twice a week. I
feel like my home is under germ siege.
It seems my other little guy, seven-month-old Quinlan, has taken a liking to colds he catches from
big brother. Only these bugs have progressed to ear
infections. After a month of a runny nose, fluid in his ears developed into a double ear infection. Antibiotics cleared
the ears and runny nose up. Sure enough, one week later when he was feeling top notch, he caught another cold. Again,
fluid in the ear. And again, an ear infection a week later. Turns out kids all over my town have been hit with ear
infections because three major pharmacies were completely out of the antibiotic we needed.
Like his brother, Quin hasn't shown traditional
symptoms of an ear infection. No fever, no ear tugging. In fact he's a happy clam - until bedtime. What tipped me
off to the ear infections? A sudden spike in his night wakings along with the shrill cry of pain. He wakes up nearly
every hour, all night. It's exhausting.
We're hoping this is the last time for the year. Clear hearing is essential for Quin's speech development. And sleep
is essential for my sanity.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
12-18-2005 @ 6:33PM
christy said...My kids are ear infection kids, too. Well, the 3.5 year old has grown out of it now, but the 16 month old is right there. My doctor recommends giving benadryl every night when they are getting that sort-of cold, perpetual runny nose thing. Some people may think it's excessive, but the biggest thing is keeping that fluid from building up! Also, the benadryl plus a little dose of tylenol helps them sleep if they are feeling icky.
My daughter has allergies so to keep the fluid from turning into ear infection we do Claritin during the day and Benadryl at night and we have been ear-infection free for a while.
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12-18-2005 @ 6:33PM
Ann Adams said...We've gone the tubes in the ears twice with the youngest (now 10). This time around it seems to have worked or else she finally outgrew it. She's allergic to some antibiotics so the pediatrician was playing a guessing game. Sometimes what worked one time wouldn't the next.
She has one broken eardrum which they're watching carefully but are confident will heal on its own.
She never admitted to any pain so sometimes her only symptom was the nasty drainage.
Most kids outgrow it quickly. Ours was unlucky enough to be the exception.
I feel for you.
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12-18-2005 @ 6:33PM
suburban misfit said...That happened to my son, for one solid year. The doc suggested tubes and he hasn't had another ear infection, ever (he's 8 now). The tubes stayed in, miraculously it seems, for almost three years.
My nephew had recurring ear infections as well but his parents opted to forego the tubes. He now has permanent hearing loss in one ear. Yeah, I think they're a little crazy.
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