Hmmmm. Seems a little odd to give antibiotics when she doesn't even know whether or not he has an ear infection. Is there somewhere you can go to get a natural remedy like garlic oil or Hylands Ear Relief? Maybe someone else will have a good suggestion for the excessive wax.
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If he seems like he is in pain around the ear area, I would give it to him. Why did they not clean the wax out then look?
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: Thats odd. If he doesn't seem like there is any pain, I would wait and see if the fever goes away. If it lasts more than 2 or 3 days, then its usually some type of infection.
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: So, she didn't clean the ear out? Our doctor has done that 2-3 times with dd -- she has a little tool that she uses to clean the ear wax out and look at her ears.
Glad you didn't give the antibiotics.
Generally speaking, our doctor doesn't want us to come in 'just' for a fever (102 isn't actually that high) unless the fever's been going on for more than 3-4 days. I guess most viral fevers go down within that time frame.
Heck, even when ds' fever once spiked to 105, they had us do home care for about 30 minutes to see if we could get it down (that was the advice nurse). Ds had a fever, had chosen warm fuzzy pjs for bed and buried himself under his blankets. After stripping him down and bathing him, and giving him tylenol, his fever went down to a managable 102, and the advice nurse told us we didn't need to come in (but that we probably should sleep near him that night).
Originally Posted by Viki  She checked him and prescribed an antibiotic for ear infection. But the thing is that she said that she couldn't really see anything in his ears bacause there is too much wax. |
Glad you didn't give the antibiotics.
Generally speaking, our doctor doesn't want us to come in 'just' for a fever (102 isn't actually that high) unless the fever's been going on for more than 3-4 days. I guess most viral fevers go down within that time frame.
Heck, even when ds' fever once spiked to 105, they had us do home care for about 30 minutes to see if we could get it down (that was the advice nurse). Ds had a fever, had chosen warm fuzzy pjs for bed and buried himself under his blankets. After stripping him down and bathing him, and giving him tylenol, his fever went down to a managable 102, and the advice nurse told us we didn't need to come in (but that we probably should sleep near him that night).
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