Ear infections suck.
I'm trying to collect my thoughts and online research on my son's chronic ear infections. I say chronic because since February of this year, he's had 6 diagnosed ear infections as well as one or two in between that didn't require a trip to the doctor. How do I know he had them in between? Well, it starts with a low grade fever and a little bit of irritability. Then, about 3 days after the fever starts, his ear has nasty gunk coming out of it that can be wiped away with a tissue. His ear just drains for a day and then he's back to normal, no antibiotics needed. Since February, he's only skipped one month of an ear infection... May... the one month I am able to get him into an ear, nose and throat doctor. The ENT finds he has no problems hearing and his ears look fine and tells me to wait it out. That brings me about 4 more ear infections later and to a late night of research. I'm wondering if tubes really will help with the ear infections and