Cold or sick

Jonathon woke up this morning sounding hoarse.  By mid day he wanted to sit down and watch a movie.  He never stops all day long so I knew he was under the weather.

After watching 2 Tom and Jerry Movies he perked up a little bit and played with his hot wheels track some.

Dinner he did not finish.

After dinner before bed snack...he did not want.

He helped me pick up his toys, get his pajamas on and get a drink, go potty, brush teeth.  He climbed into bed, hugged his kitty and went off to sleep.

No bedtime story either.

I'm getting concerned.  He has had 2 sinus infections in the last 2 months.  One early November and one end of December.  I know that his tubes were finally falling out.  When he was diagnosed in Dec with a sinus infection he had wax build up so the pediatrician could not see in there.  He prescribed ear drops for him.

I think it's time to call Dr. Ears (ENT) and see what's up.

He also has been giving me signs of other things.  Noises are bothering him again.

He does not like the vacumn again
He does not like some power tool noises
He does not like his shower.  this is a big heads up.  Took me a couple weeks to put it together.  He has been swimming for over 2 years with Miss Maggie(swim instructor) and he loves the water, he jumps off the deep end and goes under.  He will NOT let me rinse his hair anymore.  He literally freaks out and starts flailing all over throwing his hands in the air.  I have to tip his head back. It's gotta be....those tubes are gone!

I am hoping he does not come down with a full blown sickness and miss school. School starts back up on Monday.

I will definitely be calling Dr. Ears on Monday.

Rest well little one!!!!

Quick visit to ENT

This morning I was going to see if Jonathon's swim ear plugs still fit from last year.  When I went to put the right one in I noticed that his ear had all this dry crusty stuff on it......


I called his ENT and they said that they needed to see him even though his ENT was not in.


So we packed up after lunch and headed to the city (1 hour ).  We seen a nice Dr. but I still don't like seeing other dr.s.  He couldn't find anything wrong with Jonathons ear.  Told me to watch him and if its draining put ear drops in(fill prescription)....if its not draining don't do anything.....Hmmmm.....if its not draining then why is it all nasty looking.?


So we stopped off at Best Buy to see the geek squad with a few questions on the MAC....Jonathon brought me a movie from school that was made on windows media player and I needed to know how to convert to play on the MAC.  Geek squad was very helpful and then we headed for home.


Stopped off at a vegetable stand and bought 2 patio tomatoe plants for Jonathon to plant in my big red basket by deck.  Then we hurried home because Kenny had dinner cooking in the oven...Lasagna.


After dinner we sat down as a family and watched Jonathon's movie from school.  It was so cute.  It was a power point presentation/movie of his class all year.


Then we cleaned up Jonathons ear and got some ice cream for dessert.. Hopefully he will wake up tomorrow and his ear will be clear and clean. Otherwise......I think I will being calling ENT back or going to see his pediatrician at least.


Good day....Busy day....and hopefully tomorrow we will finally get some much needed grocery shopping done.

ENT Recheck

was yesterday at 5p.m.  Jonathon had another tympanogram done and yes there is still fluid in his left ear and he has pressure in his right ear.


Dr. ENT approached us with "I think we need to discuss surgery" and before he could even get all of that out I interrupted with " Yes we need to just do the surgery, this isn't helping him."  It was really simple, we were all on the same page.


I tried to think of questions to ask him and of course thought of some after I got home.  But that always happens.  I am not too upset about the upcoming surgery.  I really think this will help Jonathon with his speech.  We have been going to ENT appts since last January and we are both finished.


Surgery will be after the holidays, someone is supposed to call me this week and schedule a day.  Surgery is supposed to take about 10 minutes and we get to go home the same day.  The longest procedure is going to be driving to the hospital and getting ready for surgery.(that part I won't like)


We will be going to Beaumont Troy Hospital. 
When I know more I will update everyone.

ENT Appointment

Great doctor ~ Great bedside manner ~ Great results ~

Typanogram Reading ~ Type A ~ Normal

We go back in August for a recheck. Jonathon will continue to take 1/2 tsp of over the counter Claritin daily. He will receive Little Noses Saline Drops in the morning and at nightime before bed. Hopefully this will help out with his allergies and keep him from getting another sinus infection.

Needless to say we were very pleased with new Dr. ENT. He did great with Jonathon. Jonathon LIKED him and that is what matters most.

I am really glad that I decided to get a 2nd opinion. I sit and wonder "what if" The previous Dr. ENT did not give us any advice. Pretty much said " If you want surgery I will do it" "If you want to wait I will wait" What if I had scheduled a surgery that Jonathon did not need? Would the previous Dr. ENT see that the fluid was gone and not do the surgery? Would he just put the tubes in anyway? I thank God that I did not do that and that my mommy gut said Find another Dr.