first ear infection
a sick visit to the doctor today (another first) confirms what we suspected: jack's middle ear is infected on both sides. poor baby. that's what's been causing his prolonged low-grade fever.
jack had his ears cleaned out and looked in by doctor dana while mommy held his head still. he did not like that at all.
but, contrary to common practice, jack will not be starting antibiotics. because of his "toddlers' diarrhea," which is just starting to come under control, his ped is worried about undoing all the progress that's been made with his tummy and making him miserable with a new round of diaper rash. since the infection seems to not be bothering jack terribly, we're going to try letting his body fight it and see if it gets better on its own.
in the meantime, we're swapping our saturday swimming lesson for a follow-up appointment at the pediatric care center. jack is not amused.
Guess the swim nazi doc wasn't a quack after all!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear it... ear infections suck.