Isaac to the Doctor

Friday while we were in TX, I noticed that Isaac's ear was draining REALLY bad. Dad noticed that he was having a hard time hearing, so I decided that I would call the dr today (first day we were in town and they were open).

This morning, before the drs office was even open, I noticed that Isaac's other ear was draining really bad. We are not talking wax. His ears were draining green pussy looking stuff.

This is not unusual when you have tubes. It means the tubes are doing their job! Instead of the fluid building up behind your eardrum, it drains through the tube. The problem with us - he has not had tubes since before October. When he went to his checkup in October, the dr pulled one of the tubes out of his ear canal. He said the other one was no longer in place, but not to where he could pull it out.

He was able to pull it out today - after cleaning his ear out. The other ear is so bad that he could not even SEE his eardrum.

Isaac has RUPTURED BOTH eardrums. Somehow he did this without crying or complaining about any pain. I have asked him over and over if his ear hurts - he says no. I guess since he has had ear problems since birth and several surgeries in his short life - he is used to it. The problem he (we) are having right now is that he cannot hear. If he does not know that someone is trying to talk to him, you can expect to have to repeat yourself several times. When I called them to dinner - he did not hear. Everyone was sitting at the table ready to eat - NO ISAAC!! I had to go tap him on the shoulder and tell him it was time for dinner! We won't even discuss the fact that he has to yell everytime he trys to talk (but he doesn't know that he is yelling). While we were waiting for the dr to come in (our door was open and the dr was right across the hall) Isaac yells "Mom, how many days do I have to wait until the dr comes in to see me?"

We go back in two weeks. If the meds don't help clear up the ear or if there is still any fluid behind the ear, we will most likely end up with our third set of tubes. Because of his history with ear problems, and the fact that he ruptured both eardrums with it not bothering him at all - he is not willing to sit around and wait to see how many times it will happen. We definently don't want him to end up deaf! So we will go with what the dr says with this one!