To the Doctor

Mikayla had a restless night last night, which meant I also had one. My goal is to be in bed by 10:00, which means this will be sort of short. If there are typos or something doesn't make sense just ignore it- I'm exhausted from Mikayla and changing positions at work (another long story for later).

Two weeks ago I had taken Mikayla to the doctor for congestion. He told me she had ear infections, and at that point she wasn't even pulling on her ears (it's the sign that always tells me she has problems!). The last few days she has been pulling on her ears, and she STILL HAS THE EAR INFECTION!!!!! They gave her another shot today and different antibiotics. They asked me about past ear infections. She has had problems in the past, but not in the last couple months. She has to go back to the Doctor next week, and at that point we may be sent to an ENT specialist for tubes if still having problems with ears. This particular doctor doesn't just jump right into wanting to put tubes, but he said today that they don't want her to have more speech development delays, hearing loss, or other problems from ear infections. They also don't want to keep loading her down with different antibiotics, which I agree with. I was told that when they are sent to the ENT that tubes will definitely be recommended. He said I could say no, but I honestly figured the days of tubes in her ears were coming. So, we'll see in another week. If she gets worse I'm supposed to go ahead and take her back before next weeks appointment.