Since November our son Corbin has had 7 ear infections. To his credit he is such a great baby that we hardly know when he is sick. He rarely has a fever, the biggest indication of an ear infection is a sleepless night. Poor Kid.
Our pediatrician referred us to an ear, nose and throat specialist. The ENT listened to our story of several sleepless nights, one emergency room trip, and several different antibiotics. The specialist recommended that we try antibiotics one more time, I wondered what made this guy a specialist. After all, didn't we just get done telling him SEVEN ear infections?
Anyway, we went and got the prescription filled and three days later ol' Corbs ears were still hurting. Amazing, glad we went to a specialized doctor for that.
On Wednesday June 9th our son had tiny tubes planted into his ears. The purpose of the tubes is to help drain any fluid that collects in the ear canal down into the throat. We have natural tubes for this purpose, but in Corbins case his natural tubes are too small to effectively drain.
The morning of the procedure we had to be at the hospital at 6am for prep time. Surgery was at 7:30am. Now here's the rub, we couldn't allow the boy to have anything to eat or drink after midnight. You can imagine what a long hour and a half that was, as a one year old doesn't understand why he can't have his bottle.
The nurses all loved Corbin. They even had a little plastic wagon that we used to entertain him by pulling him around the corridor.
The entire procedure took about 15 minutes. The nurses took Corbin back and gave him a gas that put him to sleep and the doctor put the tubes in. We had our son back to us very quickly. The worst part was the waking up from the anestisia. Corbin was disoriented and mad! We had a bottle ready for him. Feeding him helped some, but for about 30 minutes all he did was cry as his little body tried to wake up from the effects of the gas.
Two weeks later, Corbin seems to be much happier. He seems to not have any issues with the tubes and so far no more infections.
Lets hope it stays that way..
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