Here we go again...

I was just telling a friend how great Bryson has done since having tubes put in his ears last May. I bragged that we haven't even been to the doctor since then! That was definitely some sort of record for us! Said bragging took place on Friday. And notice I said that WAS a record for us...

Saturday night Bryson was a little bit fussy. No fever. Just fussy. I honestly blamed it on the Terrible Two's. That night, at about 4:45am (early Saturday morning) B started screaming and crying. I ran into his room. By the time I got in there he had stopped crying. He was still kind of asleep but partially awake, lying sideways on his bed. I went to move him back to the top of the bed onto his pillow when I felt something wet on the bed. I just thought it was drool or something (don't judge- it was 4am!).

I laid with him for a while. He was tossing and turning so I finally made him some milk. He drank it and went back to sleep.

When he woke up that morning his ear was full of dried blood and there was blood all over the bed. So what I was feeling at 4am was actually blood.

We took him into urgent care. I knew what the outcome would probably be.

The verdict was in. His right ear has a horrible infection and had ruptured during the night. The tube is completely gone. The left ear still has a tube but it is working its way out of the ear drum and is no longer functioning to allow fluid through (the eardrum is already closed up behind it).

A prescription for antibiotics and we were out of there! Bryson had a wonderful time. He has since told everyone about going to the doctor and has asked me several times to go back. Crazy kid!

The silver lining is that he has acted find the whole time. We were remembering the days when ear infections meant 104-105 degree temperatures and a sick, sick baby. We do not miss those days one bit.

We will follow up with the pediatrician in a few weeks to see if the infection has cleared. Looks like we may be heading for round two of tubes (especially if the right tube just fell out and he already has an infection!). We are definitely refusing to ride this roller coaster for as long as we did last time...