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My happy girl has to get ear tubes put in next week because she's had too many consecutive ear infections :( She has had 6 ear infections in 6 months and she barely turned 9 months. I guess you can really look at it as one long ear infection that will never go away. The fluid can never drain fully before she gets a cold/congested again and boom....we're at the doctors again. Ear infections are no surprise in my little family though because Elina almost had to get tubes put in too. The girls' pediatrician thinks it may be genetic but of course when I ask my Mom and Vili's mom about our ear infection history they both say in their fob Tongan, "Oh no! You guys never. You guys are so healthy!" Lol. I am so sad for my baby but I can't be sad for long because I know this will only help her in the long run. She's a strong girl and I know she can handle it. Love her so much!
Here's a couple things I learned about ear tubes (Hopefully this information is accurate. Lol! And feel free to correct me if I'm wrong): 1) they don't prevent ear infections in the future but will allow the fluid in the ears to drain properly if she does get one 2) it will be easier to treat any future ear infections because all she will need are antibiotic drops in her ears rather than oral antibiotics 3) ear infections will no longer be painful for her because the tubes help to get rid of the pressure that causes the pain 4) they should fall out within 2 years. 5) the procedure only takes like 10 minutes but she has to be put under because of her age.
My oldest son had ear tubes, when he was about 1-1/2 and he still had them on when we did his well check up at 4yrs old...He has grown out of the ear infection and rarely had them but when he does, there goes the fluid coming out everywhere...lol....the procedure will be so fast, just think about it as for the better not for worst, good luck to the baby girl, momma be strong cause the worst is when baby is taken away from you and you do the waiting game for her to come back...:)))
ReplyDeleteoh no! that sucks! and as for your mom and vili's mom, that must be all Tongan women 'cause whenever my mom would see a kid with a runny nose she'd say, oh, you never had a runny nose! yeah, right.
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