[poliscmjr]

James had his tubes put in June 3rd. And I had to take him to the doctors last night because he hasn't been feeling well, and not eating. And I was told he has yet another ear infection! He also has ulcers all over his tongue.

I can't win I really thought that when dh and I decided to do the tubes the ear infections would stop.

[ruthann8]

In general tubes should help with the ear infections. But it sounds as if he is sick and that can increase the chance of ear infection. Tubes help drain the ear better which helps prevent fluid from staying in the ear and getting infected. If he is sick he may have nasal congestion and extra fluid. The ears, nose, throat are all connected. An issue with one can causes issues with the other.

What did your doctor say? I would let his ENT know so they can check to make sure everything is working properly. If he starts getting ear infections w/o any other nose, throat issues, then the tubes probably are not working right. Or he may have other issues.

I have a couple clients that I have to take to the ENT on a regular basis b/c their anatomy is a little different than "normal" and they have to have their ears cleaned & checked regularly. They have very small ear canals.

[poliscmjr]

I called the ENT this morning when they opened and got an mean older woman on the phone. Who was not helpful at all, basically told me that what the ped did is all they would do and she did not have any appts available the rest of the week.

Well I called my mother crying (I think I was crying because of lack of sleep!) at how I was treated and that she was not going to document his chart about this ear infection. My mom is a office manager of another ped office, and she called about how I was treated. The ENT office manager was upset too at how I was treated and said that my message would get forwarded on to a nurse/doctor and I would be getting a call back.

[rdherrington]

i have 2 boys who both require tubes my youngest one about 6 months after being put in started to have snot yes snot coming out of his ears this scared me half to death so I rushed him to the hospital and then to his ENT they both told me what happen was that the tubes had got clogged one because he had immature nasal cavt. and my older son had tubes and year after they fell out so back to the dr and surgury again his ears was glued shut and had mod hearing lose but not once did he ever have a ear infection before or after tubes my youngest son had them the whole time but it does get better

[wanna be a young mother]

Lindsay I am sooo sorry you are going through this. I know reflux babies are more likely to get ear infections but poor James is having a lot. Can you change ENT's? There might be something else going on that they just have not caught yet. I really hope they figure it out soon b/c poor James doesn't need to deal with this and neither do you. Sending you both a

[poliscmjr]

Dh and I had to take James back to the doctors last night. The ulcers are getting worse and he won't eat or drink. They change the dosage of the magic mouthwash. We were also given an ear drop because I can't get him to take his antibotic by mouth. If we can't get him to drink more and produce more wet diapers it's off to the ER so they can hydrate him.

I just want 1 month were there is nothing wrong with James!