Ears Infections and More!

Lucas got his first ear infection in early September. Since September, we have not been able to get his ears cleared of fluid and he has been on antibiotics pretty much the whole time with the exception of a week off of them here and there. It has been very frustrating and has caused him a lot of pain. They always seem to start with a fever and crankiness and that is how we know. On Saturday (12/2) we took him into the pediatrician and they diagnosed him with a double ear infection again. We started treating it that day but by Monday he was much worse and had a terrible cough. We took him in again to the pediatrician and they said his ears were still infected but in addition he had both Croup and Bronchiolitis (which is pretty much the same as bronchitis but it is in the lower part of the chest). We were sent home with steroids and a breathing machine for Albuterol treatments. They asked to come back in the next day to check on his oxygen levels and again on Friday. (4 doctors visits in less than 7 days) On Friday, the doctor still was not happy with his progress considering he was on strong meds and breathing treatments and he felt he should be responding to the treatments. Saturday morning he was wheezing really badly so we took him to the ER at Fairfax to make sure he didn't have pneumonia. They did a chest x-ray and it came back clear. The doctors said that it was probably just a really bad case of viral Bronchiolitis and since it was a virus it wasn't responding to the antibiotics. It was a very long week full of stressful breathing treatments which Lucas HATES. Let's just say that Josh and I pretty worn out.

Tomorrow we go in to have tubes put in his ears. Please pray this keep our boy healthy and out of the pediatrician's office.

Here is a pic of Lucas in the ER. My poor little baby.