Re: Very sick little boy/ - ear wax

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We had our first appointment with Dr G in April, and at the time my son's ears

were so full of wax and really distressing him. Dr G told us to drop a little

hydrogen peroxide (available over the counter) in them over the next couple of

weeks and it would clear it.

It was very gentle - fizzed up and eased the wax out gradually. No problems

since then.

Hope this helps,

Elspeth

" K. Fischer " <elfischer@...> wrote:

Jerri: Where do you get mineral oil for wax problems? Is it over the

counter, I've never seen it? I need something to prevent excessive ear

wax with my four year old. Thanks.

Re: Very sick little boy

I am so sorry you are going through this. I wish I had some advice for

you. I remember when my son was 4. It seemed like one crisis after

another. Now there are different crisis' but at least he is not so sick.

We took him to the emergency room so many times at that age. I remember

constantly doubting Dr. G then also. But thankfully we have stuck in

here. My son had ear tubes put in last Dec. He is 9 years old and will

be 10 in Jan. He started talking real loud again. I took him to the ENT

and he said his right tube is missing. There was a lot of wax my son

would not let him get out. He told me to put a few drops of mineral oil

to keep the ear wax dissolved. I have also been using the old fashioned

ear candles. They pull the wax out. I know this is not information for

your situation right now. But maybe something for the future? I'm

supposed to take him back to the ENT for them to decide whether to put

another tube in there. I have been putting it off because I so dread for

him to have another surgery.

I'm hoping and praying your son will be well soon. Jerri

> Hi,

>

> My 4 y.o. son is very sick, and I'm very scared.

>

> It started in mid-August with a cold, runny nose and coughing. It

cleared

> up, but that week we had a follow-up with his ENT (he's had chronic

ear

> infections since he was 18 months), and he had fluid in his right ear

(the

> tube in that ear had very recently fallen out). Since he was scheduled

for

> surgery on another part of his body, we decided he should get a new

set of

> ear tubes at the same time. Surgery was on 9/1 and went EXTREMELY

well. He

> was not sick going into surgery. Both surgeons said swimming was fine,

and

> it was hot and my twins just learned to swim, so we went to our

neighborhood

> pool two days after surgery. We put wax in my son's ears, but it did

fall

> out during his swim, so we dried his ears and put " the drops " in and

left

> the pool.

>

> Five days after surgery, his left ear started oozing. The next day the

other

> ear started oozing. He was fussy, but still went to school and did his

> afternoon sessions. We used Floxin drops in his ears, but nothing

else. A

> week later, it was getting worse, so the ENT cultured his ears and he

had

> pseudomonas and the ENT px'd Omnicef (high dose for 5 days) and

Ceprodex.

> His ears cleared up. One afternoon that week, he had a fever, then

vomited

> ~midnight that night. I kept him home from school the next day, but he

> seemed perfectly fine.

>

> Seven days after finishing the Omnicef, he vomited once, then had

several

> bouts of diarrhea, which was this past Monday. He is still having

diarrhea

> at least once/day since. He is very lethargic (napping 3 hours each

> afternoon, plus asleep from 7-7). Very small appetite. We did see Dr.

G this

> week and his bloodwork all came back normal. He is drinking liquids.

He has

> not been to school all this week. He is not himself, very quiet, pale,

> whimpering at times. No fever at all this week, but he feels hot when

I hold

> him. He was already thin, but he looks really thin now. He seems

really

> vacant, too.

>

> Any ideas??? What might be going on and how I can help him?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Kristy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, this sounds so much better! I'm going to try it. Jerri

Elspeth e wrote:

> We had our first appointment with Dr G in April, and at the time my son's ears

were so full of wax and really distressing him. Dr G told us to drop a little

hydrogen peroxide (available over the counter) in them over the next couple of

weeks and it would clear it.

>

> It was very gentle - fizzed up and eased the wax out gradually. No

problems since then.

>

> Hope this helps,

> Elspeth

>

> " K. Fischer " <elfischer@...> wrote:

> Jerri: Where do you get mineral oil for wax problems? Is it over the

> counter, I've never seen it? I need something to prevent excessive ear

> wax with my four year old. Thanks.

>

> Re: Very sick little boy

>

> I am so sorry you are going through this. I wish I had some advice for

> you. I remember when my son was 4. It seemed like one crisis after

> another. Now there are different crisis' but at least he is not so sick.

>

> We took him to the emergency room so many times at that age. I remember

> constantly doubting Dr. G then also. But thankfully we have stuck in

> here. My son had ear tubes put in last Dec. He is 9 years old and will

> be 10 in Jan. He started talking real loud again. I took him to the ENT

> and he said his right tube is missing. There was a lot of wax my son

> would not let him get out. He told me to put a few drops of mineral oil

> to keep the ear wax dissolved. I have also been using the old fashioned

> ear candles. They pull the wax out. I know this is not information for

> your situation right now. But maybe something for the future? I'm

> supposed to take him back to the ENT for them to decide whether to put

> another tube in there. I have been putting it off because I so dread for

>

> him to have another surgery.

> I'm hoping and praying your son will be well soon. Jerri

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> My 4 y.o. son is very sick, and I'm very scared.

>>

>> It started in mid-August with a cold, runny nose and coughing. It

>>

> cleared

>

>> up, but that week we had a follow-up with his ENT (he's had chronic

>>

> ear

>

>> infections since he was 18 months), and he had fluid in his right ear

>>

> (the

>

>> tube in that ear had very recently fallen out). Since he was scheduled

>>

> for

>

>> surgery on another part of his body, we decided he should get a new

>>

> set of

>

>> ear tubes at the same time. Surgery was on 9/1 and went EXTREMELY

>>

> well. He

>

>> was not sick going into surgery. Both surgeons said swimming was fine,

>>

> and

>

>> it was hot and my twins just learned to swim, so we went to our

>>

> neighborhood

>

>> pool two days after surgery. We put wax in my son's ears, but it did

>>

> fall

>

>> out during his swim, so we dried his ears and put " the drops " in and

>>

> left

>

>> the pool.

>>

>> Five days after surgery, his left ear started oozing. The next day the

>>

> other

>

>> ear started oozing. He was fussy, but still went to school and did his

>> afternoon sessions. We used Floxin drops in his ears, but nothing

>>

> else. A

>

>> week later, it was getting worse, so the ENT cultured his ears and he

>>

> had

>

>> pseudomonas and the ENT px'd Omnicef (high dose for 5 days) and

>>

> Ceprodex.

>

>> His ears cleared up. One afternoon that week, he had a fever, then

>>

> vomited

>

>> ~midnight that night. I kept him home from school the next day, but he

>> seemed perfectly fine.

>>

>> Seven days after finishing the Omnicef, he vomited once, then had

>>

> several

>

>> bouts of diarrhea, which was this past Monday. He is still having

>>

> diarrhea

>

>> at least once/day since. He is very lethargic (napping 3 hours each

>> afternoon, plus asleep from 7-7). Very small appetite. We did see Dr.

>>

> G this

>

>> week and his bloodwork all came back normal. He is drinking liquids.

>>

> He has

>

>> not been to school all this week. He is not himself, very quiet, pale,

>> whimpering at times. No fever at all this week, but he feels hot when

>>

> I hold

>

>> him. He was already thin, but he looks really thin now. He seems

>>

> really

>

>> vacant, too.

>>

>> Any ideas??? What might be going on and how I can help him?

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> Kristy

>>

>>

>>