Ears

We have been back to see Madelyn's ear specialist 2x since her last appointment when we thought we were in the clear until December.  Madelyn continues to have ear problems.  Her surgeon isn't happy that she has had 2 ear infections since the end of April (when she had her tubes put in).

Her latest issue is that the tubes are getting plugged.  We're learning that the ear we are giving her the drops in is the ear that is clear.  Her doctor only wants us to give her drops in the ear that's plugged.......and then of course the following week (7/6) when we went for a follow up, the right ear was great but the left ear was plugged.  They do an in-office procedure where they clean out her ears.  Madelyn HATES it and it's so hard to watch as she kicks, screams and cries the whole time.  I think the worst part might be that she doesn't like to be restrained (who does?!?) so that is more than half the battle.

At her 7/6 appointment her surgeon said that after he cleaned out her left ear that both ears looked great!  Hopefully they stay that way for awhile!

We also started seeing a chiropractor about 3 weeks ago.  We've heard testimonials from other parents with kids in a position similar to Madelyn (has tubes but still getting ear infections) that chiropractic care has worked.  We thought we would give it a shot!  Figure it can't hurt anything......

So far she has been seen 3 times.  The 1st time went ok - the chiro wasn't able to do much as Madelyn was a little freaked out as she didn't know what as going on.  The 2nd time was awful - Madelyn basically screamed any time the chiro was in our room.  The 3rd time was much better.  I brought bubbles, snacks and that seemed to help.  We are going to give it a few more times to see what happens and we'll see where we go from there.

We are thinking positive and hoping that with the tubes being cleared out and the chiro appointments that we won't have to go back until her follow up appointment in October.