We are on ear infection 7 of 2011. That's more than one a month. Except... oh wait... they started in March.
I've known this day was coming for a while. The doctors have warned me that he is getting them awfully quickly. Then the last one I was told, "It is summer so he shouldn't get any more. If he does, we'll have to refer him."
Well that's like coming to work and saying, "I hope nothing big happens today." You know good and well that it is going to be the worst day ever after uttering something like that.
Well the last three days with Sam have been pure hell after about 3pm. In the morning he is fine. But the night time is NOT the right time (Adam Sandler reference).
Sam has been so fussy, hard to deal with, throwing fits, refusing to say please, throwing himself on the ground, yelling, crying.... mess. For two nights in a row he didn't join us for dinner for at least 10 minutes in because he refused to say please due to him being unwilling to break away from a full blown bratty fit.
Not to mention that this week at daycare he has slept like 3 - 3 1/2 hours at nap.
Pick my jaw up off the floor... holy moly. He rarely sleeps more than 2 hours. Like we are excited when he does.
So when he started this mess I thought he might have an ear infection. But I talked myself out of it, thinking he was just growing or something.
Mama's... take note... if you think your child is sick... he is. That's just how it goes.
When I dropped him off this morning, I told Susan I thought that was what was going on. She said, "You know your child better than you think you do."
So I decided to go ahead and go in. He had an ear infection in one ear and probably one in the other but it was so full of ear wax she couldn't see.
She said she could irrigate it and look but he had one in the other ear so it doesn't really matter. I can appreciate that.
Then she busted out the "Look how many ear infections... probably should see the ENT."
Again... I knew it. I knew it was coming. And the biggest part of it is he isn't supposed to be getting them in the summer. If we don't do something now, how much fun is winter going to be?!
So... like I said on Facebook earlier... I get to be as whiny and emotional today as I damn well want to be. You know why? Because I love my son more than life itself and I don't care if 1 billion other children have done this and were fine... they aren't my child and I do not like that he even has to see another specialist... let alone have ear surgery. I'm allowed to be upset and emotional.
You think this is bad? You wait until the day of.
:( Sorry you guys are dealing with this! I'd like to name all of the people I know who have come out on the other side of this and blah blah blah, (NICU flashback) but you made it very clear that you don't want to hear that crap and that's okay. Be sad if that's what you need to do. Hang in there. Love you guys.
ReplyDeleteLOL To prove how crazy I am, I teared up reading your comment.
ReplyDeleteI feel selfish for being upset when so many other people face such harder things with their kids. But it literally tears my heart out to think of him being scared and being back there by himself. Pat told me that they had to rip Justin off of her to get his tubes put in once. I'll be an uncontrollable mess if that happens. URG!
And this is all coming from someone who put their parents through heart surgery. You'd think I'd have better perspective on this.
Umm, maybe Pat could've kept that info to herself? LOL
ReplyDeleteBtw, my NICU flashback thing wasn't about a more serious issue, what I meant is that I had 400 people tell me that their kid had been there and that really didn't help a lot...that's what I meant just in case it sounded differently.
ReplyDeleteI am retarded.
LOL I know right! And I got your NICU flash back. It is like it is everyone's natural tendency (including mine) to tell of all the people who made it through it fine in order to comfort... but until it is you and your baby... it doesn't matter.
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