THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

EAR INFECTION

Allie woke up this morning with no fever & no headache, but now an ear ache. I decided to run her to the doc to see what was up. She's NEVER complained of ear aches in the past, just everything else. So, I made an appointment & left work to get her to the doc. The doc checked her little ears & sure enough, an ear infection had been the culprit of our weekend illness. I was given a prescription, but told not to fill it until tomorrow afternoon. Say what? The new thought is to wait & see if the child's body can fight off the infection itself without the help of the Rx. This is only for kids over 2 though & the Rx should be filled if the symptoms are still there 48 hours later. I was pretty skeptical, although I'm not sure why, Allie has never had an ear infection & Jake only had 1 or 2 when he was a baby so how would I know the treatment protocol? I checked on Allie shortly after lunch to see how the ear was feeling & she said great! She could now hear & it didn't feel like her ear had someone pushing on it. Hmmmm....I'm guessing that the doc was right!