Always go with your gut

What a week it has been. On Wednesday I brought M back to the doc since he was tugging on his right ear again and slept like crapola the night before. We saw a different doctor in the practice. His last name happens to be the same as my biological father so maybe I had a preconceived notion that he was a moron. Always go with your gut. He checked out M's ears and said the left was clear and the right had wax, he checked the right ear 3x and said he was fine, had a cold and sent us on our way. This naturally put doubt in my mind but hes a doctor that went to 100 years of schooling so I must be a crazy new mom. I left. M then developed a nasty cold and continued to tug at his right ear. Saturday night he threw up his bottle because he was coughing so hard. He did this again this morning. I called the doc and brought him in.

My sicky baby

They checked his oxygen and he was good, had a low temp and was in good spirits, but has lost 1.5lb since Wednesday. She said its just part of his cold and not to worry. I asked her to check his ear and she said what the moron doc said- he has wax. Then she cleared the wax- imagine that and found his ear infection... She said it must have just developed since he was clear on Wednesday. I said no and explained our appt. I asked her why he couldnt have cleared the wax to see the infection but she didnt know. We were given a new perscription and sent on our way. In the parking lot we ran into our doctor and explained what was going on, she said she was sorry for Wednesdays doctor and hopes M gets better soon. She said that they normally refer babies to ENT if they have had 4 ear infections in 6 months and since we are at 4 in 3 months if we have another thats the place we are heading. Fingers crossed spring brings us healthy ears.