Another health update

We visited the pediatrician again yesterday for a re-check on Luke's ears. He finally made it 10 weeks since his last infection without getting another one! I was so excited to take him and get a clean bill of health.

Unfortunately, we weren't so lucky. No, his ears aren't infected (thank goodness!), but there is still a lot of fluid. The fluid in the left ear moves a bit, the fluid in the right has no movement. What this means is that Luke will need to see an ENT specialist to determine whether he needs to have tubes put in so that the fluid will drain. Apparently, 60% of kids with ear infections have some remaining fluid post-infection. 97% of those kids have no remaining fluid 12 weeks post-infection. The likelihood that Luke's fluid will drain on its own in the coming week or two is probably not very good.

They will need to first test his hearing, and then determine whether we should go ahead with tubes. His balance is also off quite often, and I am attributing this to the fluid in his ears, so we'll see what the ENT Dr. says about that.

In other health-related news, Luke's top right 2-year molar has broken through! It's been a long time coming (lots of drool and finger biting over the past month). Now, if the remaining 3 would all just come in at the same time so that we don't drag this out for many more months!

More info to come in the coming weeks ....