I tried to avoid a trip to the pediatrician...

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didn't work. Follow along: Henry had a fever on Wednesday and Thursday. I assumed it was viral. Made the decision to wait it out. Stuffy nose on Friday. No big deal. Left ear started draining. Ear infection. Once again, no big deal. He has tubes. I put ear drops in. He started coughing last night and by late morning, he was wheezing and sounding worse by the minute. We visited the pediatrician this afternoon, who said that he has bronchiolitis caused by a virus, yet again. I'm sure it started w/ the virus that he got on Wednesday or Thursday, but the poor little guy CAN NOT escape a virus without it going to his lungs. Sucks. Plus, he had another ear infection. His fourth ear infection since he had tubes placed 6 months ago. The pediatrician mentioned that kids aren't supposed to continue to get ear infections after having tubes placed (duh!) and said that she thinks it must not be functioning properly. But, we just went back to the ENT a month ago who said that they were beautiful and he just has ears that are very susceptible to ear infections. Maybe....his first 10 months of life, he had 10 ear infections. The next 6 months, he's only had 4 ear infections so they've slowed down a little bit. Every bit helps. So...gonna be a long next few days. We're nebbing Henry 4 times a day w/ two different inhaled medications. Plus, giving him oral antibiotics and antibiotic ear drops. And, I have to bring him back again in one week, which means he's been at the doctor 4 out of the last 5 weeks.

The good news is that his lungs always respond well to the inhaled Albuterol. She said that we've avoided the hospital many times, because his lungs respond so well. It also means that he is more likely to be asthmatic, because his lungs wouldn't respond as well as they do if some of it wasn't being caused by asthma.

It might be time to really follow up w/ the chiropractor you recommended, Becky!