Since last fall, at least every month Jack and Luke have had ear infections or strep. This spring both had tubes put in their ears, and that has helped stop the ear infections. The strep has continued, though. Last month was Jack's follow-up appointment with the ENT doctor to check his ears and tubes. We brought Luke along, explained the continued problem with strep, and he easily agreed that it's time to take their tonsils and adenoids out.
Last week Luke had an appointment with the GI doctor to talk about his feeds, medicines, and plans to start the process of changing how he's fed to eventually get him eating by mouth. Luke was on the third day of a runny nose/congestion, so we had the doctor take a look at his ears. Luke's left tube was gone and there was some infection. So, Luke will also get a tube replaced while he's asleep for the surgery.
Jack's stomach had been bothering him earlier this week and on Wednesday threw up all over the place and had to be picked up early from school. Took him to the doctor yesterday and it's strep again! Hopefully the last time for a while... While Jack is in surgery, he'll have blood drawn to do some allergy testing. He has stomach issues every couple of weeks that we think is unrelated to his throat and ear infections. Always different foods, days, times - nothing we've been able to figure out on our own, so maybe the allergy test will give us an answer.
The boys will have surgery together (well, one right after the other) on Tuesday the 14th at AR Children's Hospital. Won't know the time until Monday, but will probably be in the morning. They will be admitted and we will all stay overnight on Tuesday. If all goes well, we should be home by Wednesday night. It may be a long and tiring week, but we'd rather do both at the same time and only have to go through this once. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. We'll post updates next week.
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