Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Double the Fun

The ER doctor recommended that I take Ethan in to see his pediatrician a couple days after we took him to the ER. Since the holidays are quickly approaching, I made the appointment for this afternoon. The pediatrician confirmed that Ethan did have a severe ear infection in the left ear, but also said that his right ear is infected too. He thought that the fever was a separate viral issue and that the ear infections were secondary infections due to the congestion caused by the virus. No wonder our little guy was in such bad shape :( Since he's had 5 doses of amoxicillin he has perked up considerably. Hopefully we're on the road to recovery!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oooh... those can be no fun. Connor had a double ear-infection about 18 months ago. He ended up in the hospital for four days! :( Amazingly, all the doctors said the same thing though: "About 85% of ear infections clear up in their own without the use of antibiotics." Crazy, huh?

Feel better Ethan!

Lori said...

Just read your blog today. Sorry that Ethan is under the weather! Hopefully he was better for Thanksgiving. Caelyn & Doug had (still has) a super bad cough all week. I hate this time of year. :-(