Dec 8, 2009

Tis the season


I took the boys to see Santa at wal-mart and then there he was again at the mall (how do explain that?)

Anyway Seth had an appointment with the ENT on Friday, the Dr was actually able to see puss up his nose from the infection. He also said something that I has not thought about before but probably should have, that the bacteria that grows in the mucus in his lungs is probably growing in the mucus in his sinus'. So we started an anitbiotic nasal wash and another antibiotic nasal spray along with a oral one that he is going  to call in for me today because he is not  getting any better. It is very fustrating as parents for Kevin and I to watch him suffer, working so hard to cough up mucus that just won't clear and especially at night when he is so tired he does these really weak coughs because he is just so worn out from doing it all day and all night. The other night he coughed so hard he gagged on the thick mucus and threw up twice. And the past week it has been so bad I'm having to give him night time meds just to get him to sleep, the down side to that is he is so sluggish in the morning and keeps laying his head on his desk at school. We leave for our ski trip in two weeks and I would really hate it if he was sick the whole time, plus I'm worried about the pressure from the elevation change.  Does anyone have any advise on how to treat a severe sinus infection??

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