Tube in Jacob's ear

Jacob went to the Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) doctor again today.

He has been sick for 5 weeks. Congestion, cough and ear ache have been his primary symptoms.

We started at the Urgent Care Center: Diagnosis - viral. They sent us on our way with some prescription decongestant.
Two weeks later, we went to his regular doctor: Diagnosis - sinus infection. They sent us on our way with a Z-Pack. The day he finished his z-pak, he woke up crying with an ear ache.
2 Days later, we went to Dr. Ward, the ENT: Diagnosis ear infection, sinus infection, bronchitis. They sent us on our way with a new antibiotic.

We were supposed to return in 3 weeks - 12/4 for a follow up appointment. He never stopped coughing, but his ear stopped hurting.

Monday after thanksgiving I called and moved his appointment from 12/4 to 11/29. I'm glad I did.

The doctor said he's just full of fluid. Dr. Ward had Jacob hold his nose and blow hard. Most people ear drums will pop, not Jacob's. He said he's got to get the fluid out of that ear. He's going to put a tube in the left ear on 12/14 at Covenant Medical Center (not the Lakeside hospital, but the main hospital). Dr. Ward operates on Thursdays at CMC and Lakeside on Fridays. Jacob has had tubes before, when he was 20 months old, for the same reason - Fluid.

While Jacob is under anesthesia, they will do a under the skin allergy test. Jacob has had the skin prick tests, but only showed sensitivity to Mesquite. The injections under the skin will give us a much better picture to the things that trigger allergic reaction - mainly fluid.

As part of the pre-op they will do a chest X-ray to make sure nothing else is going on in his lungs. Dr. Ward said that if his nose and ears were full, he said his chest is probably full too. If we can identify the source of the allergy, we are hopeful that the fluid will be decreased - dramatically!!

Latest in Lubbock

FINALLY after 5 phone interviews, Michigan invited Michael to come for an on-campus interview. Generally they are a day and half long. Interviewing with the search committee, touring the campus and surrounding areas, lunch and dinner with the faculty etc. He's cautiously excited - but it would be a great fit.

Jacob is still fighting his cold and cough. He's been through two anti-biotics and 3 doctor visits. He's got an appointment with the Ear/Nose/Throat doctor again Wednesday.

The baby is doing fine from what I can tell. The nausea is pretty bad this week. I don't have a lot of energy either. It will be worth it!

Take care!

Ultrasound this morning

We had a positive Pregnancy test!! I had an ultrasound this morning - all is well....

On Friday 10/27 I got a positive test, and confirmed 10/30 and again on 11/3 and 11/10 - just to be sure all is well......so far so good. We'll have another set of blood work on 11/17 and finally an ultrasound today 11/20. The heartbeat was 137... and all looks great.

We are proud, excited, thrilled, pleased, glad, joyful, lucky, fortunate, energized, giddy, delighted, elated, overjoyed, ectatic, tickled.....that we finally made it this far!!

nauseous, sick, queasy, woozy, dizzy, faint, lightheaded, shaky, wobbly, scatterbrained, tired, worn out, bushed, drained, fatigued....and did I mention nauseous??

nervous, frightened, afraid, terrified, anxious, concerned, apprehensive, troubled, worried... that everything will go well.

The fertility clinic will keep us as a patient until 12 weeks and then refer us to an OB. They are in the getting you pregnant business, not the birthing baby business.

One of those mornings

So far this morning I have dropped the Parmesan cheese (which sprinkled the entire kitchen floor), dropped coffee beans that were to go into the grinder, nearly impaled my hand with a sharp knife while doing the dishes, ran out of medicine for Jacob, got all the way to the parking lot before realizing Michael had left his keys in my car after going out to dinner last night, drove all the way home and back again..... I think I'll just sit still for a while this morning.

Poor kiddo!

Three weeks ago I took Jacob to the doctor because he wasn't feeling well. They gave him a perscription decongestant and sent us home. A week or so later, we were back because his symptoms had persisted. He got a Z-Pak and we went home. He finished all the anti-biotic but was still sick.

Yesterday, nearly 3 weeks from the beginning of his illness, we went to the ear, nose and throat doctor. He's got tinitis (ear), sinusitis (nose) and bronchitis (chest). Jacob is on another round of a stronger antibiotic.

He slept better last night than he has in a few days, so hopefully he's on the mend.