David began to complain about water in his ear in January. I sincerely believed it was because of the weekly swim lessons, and the weekly trips to the pool he and I were taking for Elizabeth's lesson. He shook his head, we tried the drying drops, David dealt. Swim lessons ended, but the water persisted.
At the end of February David and Andrea both got wicked sore throats. David tested positive for strep. They also noted the fluid in David's right ear. They put it on record and instructed us to come back if he still had the water/plugged feeling in six weeks, or if it started to hurt. We couldn't do any more at the time because they needed to establish that it was an ongoing problem before doing any more.
This last week, David got an odd look and said "Mom, I can't hear out of this ear." I immediately called in and got him seen. Luckily there is no infection, and the ear doesn't look inflamed or damaged. But when they wheeled in the hearing-test cart I was nervous. Turn your back away from the nurse, hear a beep, raise your hand. Things started off well, but they'd started with the left ear. Then the nurse and tech watched David expectantly, reminded him what he was supposed to do, and waited for him to raise a hand while they pushed buttons and took notes. He totally failed that hearing test in the right ear. Ha.
So we are off to another doctor in a couple of weeks.
Other items of note this week:
Got a lot of the kids' summer clothes. Yay!
J passed the hardest test of his training. Yay!
I'm reorganizing. The kitchen looks great and is much easier to keep clean. Yay! Closets next.
Elizabeth's MRI showed a normal brain. Yay!
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