Ear Infection Update

In my last post I mentioned that James had an ear infection, went to see the pediatrician to get it checked out, and was prescribed ear drops and an antibiotic. We had thought that the combination of those two had cleared things up, but a couple of weeks later he was sent home from school because he had a little bit of blood coming out of his ear and had a fever. They do temporal temperatures at school, but James tends to run a bit on the warm side, so those aren’t really accurate for him.

Stacy got him home, took a rectal temp and it was normal. She called the ENT, and he wanted us to put ear drops in James’ ear three or four times a day and see him the following week. Stacy then put a call into the pediatrician to keep him in the loop and of course he wanted to see James before his office closed at 5 pm. He said everything looked fine health-wise, but he must have hurt his ear somehow, which is why it is bleeding. Keep up with the ear drops and see ENT the following week.

The day after James saw the pediatrician, Stacy pulled out her otoscope (the medical instrument used to look into the ear) and was almost positive that his tube fell out. What, doesn’t everyone have an otoscope in their house?

The ENT took a look and said that the tube was still in there, it’s hard to see, but it is there. He wasn’t sure what was causing the bleeding, though. He recommended to keep using the ear drops and call him if things don’t improve over the next couple of weeks or if they get worse.

School

James may not come with an instruction manual, but he sure has a lot of paperwork. This is his three-year re-evaluation paperwork for school. Stacy may not drink coffee, but I’m pretty sure she needed at least one diet Pepsi to get through it.

There’s a woman who brings a service dog to James’ classroom every so often. She came to his classroom last week and brought each of the kids a stuffed dog for the holidays. The skateboarding reindeer in the picture is something that James made during occupational therapy.

On Thursday James decided that he wanted to wear his new pajamas to school.

Breakfast with Santa

Last weekend a local restaurant that Stacy goes to often with her parents was having a special “Breakfast with Santa” so we decided to take James.

From our family to yours, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season.