The week of doctor appointments

What a big boy! Jarem had doctor’s appointments on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week for his ear infections. The last time we weighed him he had a wet diaper so we knew it wasn’t completely accurate. So this past Monday we weighed him accurately and he was 20-9! We cannot get over how fast he is growing up and how big he is getting. It was kind of a long week but at least it ended well.
Jarem has been struggling with ear infections since August 11th when his ear drum burst for the first time. Ever since then he has consistently had ear infections. We have tried every type of antibiotic possible and haven’t had much luck getting rid of them. On Monday we had a two week follow-up on his last ear infection and found that both ears were now infected. Dr. Sudha decided to give him a shot antibiotic. The efficacy period for the shot is 24 hours so we went back to the office on Tuesday for a follow-up.

On Tuesday his left ear seemed to be a little better but the right was still bad. So again Jarem got an antibiotic shot in hopes of knocking out the ear infections completely. Poor little guy had to get a shot in each leg. He definitely didn’t enjoy it but we were still impressed with how he did. We can only imagine how hard it is on our poor little guy. Plus, the shot was really thick and took a while to administer. But he sat there and took it like a big boy.

Wednesday we went back for another follow-up and were shocked to hear that both of Jarem’s ear infections were gone. WOO HOO!!!! What great news! Although the infections were gone, we were still referred to an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor for an appointment to get Jarem’s ears checked. It is possible and in my opinion likely that Jarem will end up getting tubes put into his ears. We have an appointment with Dr. Bartel on January 26th. We’ll keep you posted on the results of his next appointment.

In the meantime, enjoy a couple videos from his appointments this week…