Another Ear Infection...

Last night, Cooper developed a runny nose that escalated into a stuffy nose. By 2 AM he could barely breathe. He couldn't go to sleep because he couldn't breathe through his nose. He couldn't nurse because, again, he couldn't breathe through his nose.



This morning, when we got up, his stuffy, runny nose was even worse. I noticed he felt a little warm so I took his temperature. It was 101.2 degrees. I called his doctor and brought him in. They were behind so it took forever. He was unbelievably fussy, screaming the entire time we were waiting in the room.



When we finally got to see the doctor, the diagnosis was just as I thought, ear infection. Not only an ear infection, but a double ear infection. This is his 8th or 9th ear infection, so now we are talking about tubes. We will be seeing an ENT probably sometime next week and go from there.

Tubes make me nervous. I don't want my baby put to sleep, but I know this is the best thing for him. Sick babies are just no fun. He is miserable. I want my baby better and if we have to get tubes to do it I guess that's what we'll do...