ENT for Owen

Well we finally made it to an ear, nose and throat specialist for Owen. His recommendation is for Owen to get tubes in his ear, so we're going forward with that and his surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday. I'm very anxious, yet timid about this whole thing. The doctor didnt seem very interested in understanding all of Owen's issues as a whole and mostly just focused on his ear infections. He didn't seem to want to address his allergies or eye infections, so we've decided to find a new pediatrician for 2 reasons: we need someone closer to our new home and we want some fresh eyes on Owen's history and a new opinion on what to do with him. So far, we've seen an allergist, an opthamologist and an otolaryngologist (ENT). Our pediatrician and the opthamologist say we need to get his allergies under control to fix some of the other problems like chronic congestion and chronic eye and ear infections. The tubes in his ears should help with the ear infections and should improve his hearing according to the ENT. My next issue is his eyes. I'm very worried about the fact that we have to give him antibiotic drops almost every other week for eye infections. Meanwhile, the allergist just tries to convince me that all of Owen's problems are because he's in day care and she's not convinced he has allergies at all... right... As you can tell, this is all getting very frustrating for me because 1) my son doesnt feel well most of the time (poor little guy), 2) he keeps getting kicked out of daycare and the church nursery and 3) I dont have time to take him to the doctor every other week. I'm hoping everyone is right when they say he might just grow out of all of this.... please soon!! :)

All that said, we've started him back on Zyrtec for the allergies which our pedi recommended, so we'll see how that helps. I'll report back on his ears once that's all done. Please pray for a smooth procedure!