Ever since January, Tahlia has had one double ear infection after another. We tried every anti-biotic you can think of and it turns out the stronger medicines work. The first time Tahlia was on Augmentin, it worked very well, almost instantly. Her stool didnt seem too impacted by it as well (because we were giving her much more yogurt and cheese as instructed). But the last 2 times on Augmentin seemed to upset her stool and her tummy. She has high pain tolerance so its hard to say exactly what it was doing to her but as her mom and dad, we could tell something was not quite right. After the 2 week regimen, I made an appointment with her pediatrician for the usual followup. A couple of days later, it turns out the antibiotics didnt even touch her ear infection! All of the diarrhea and worry about her health while on the antibiotics... for nothing!
The last 3-4 visits with her pediatrician, she mentioned making an appointment with an ENT. She strongly urged that we see the ENT later on, so we can get tubes in her ears. I expressed to her my concerns... basically, I cannot imagine putting my daughter to sleep for a surgery- esp. since I believe her ear infections are brought on by her teething. And there is just a bad feeling in my gut about the whole thing.
I understand the dangers of having recurring ear infections. I understand all of the developmental concerns that go along with it as well.... not to mention the pain my little girl must be in! But I wanted to know if there was another way to fix her without putting her under a knife.
After getting yet another prescription for another 2 week course of antibiotics, I went straight to the computer to do my research on what other parents did to cure their little ones of recurring ear infections. I was shocked to find out there are many different reasons ear infections might occur. The one thing I saw a lot was allergies. Many people took their child to an allergen and found they were sensitive to milk and dairy. Many people suggested cutting out sugars. There are also many techniques to use to cure ear infections. The two I saw the most were Tubes and Chiropractor. Both methods seemed to have the same amount of good reviews as "bad".
My husband mentioned the chiropractor idea to me because his aunt and uncle brought their sons to the chiro. to cure their ear infections. And it worked! I immediately said "absolutely not!" I have always had a strong bias against chiropractors basically because it seemed too close to a cult for me with their high-priced techniques and "we cure all ideas".
After my research seeing youtube videos and weighing out the pros and cons of tubes vs chiropractor, I concluded that giving the chiropractor a chance would be in our best interest.
2 weeks later, I am happy to say that not only is Tahlia's double ear infection gone but so is all the fluid that never seemed to go away!! We have one more appointment next week to see how everything looks but after that, we are done and she will be fine! I pray that Tahlia will continue to have healthy ears and she doesnt have to go through that pain again!
Love,
Jessa
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