Job Security for Dr Scalf's Office

I'll start off with Ellery...

In November (I think) Ellery had a dentist appointment. They told us that she had enlarged tonsils and that we should ask the Dr about it the next time we are there. So at her 4 year check up, they looked at them and referred us to an ENT.

Towards the end of January, we went to Dr Meleca. He quick looked at her ears and throat, ordered a pressure test, came back in the room and said "yep, we are going to do a tonsillectomy & adnoidectomy (T&A) and also put tubes in her ears." TUBES? My kid is 4 years old and has had 1 ear infection her entire life!?! They scheduled the surgery for February 10th. I left that Dr office that day with a bad vibe about this Dr. He was so short and too the point and made me feel like 'we are just taking them out to satisfy you'. After a couple of days and talking to several people, I decided to get a 2nd opinion.

We went to Dr Scalf's office on February 3rd. He was much more detail oriented than Dr Meleca. He agreed that we should go through with the T&A but he doesn't think we need tubes. He said that he could tell just by the way her facial features, flatness on her cheeks and her chin is down and back. I would have never noticed that but...I guess if you make a living doing it, you better know what you are talking about! He also said that she had a 'slightly deviated septum'. Basically, what that means is that one side of her nose is bigger than the other. He said that he doesn't think this will be an issue and hopefully she will outgrow it. So Ellery will be having a T&A on February 18th. Andy will be out of town doing a side job but thankfully G-ma Ball was able to get the day off work and help us out!

Now onto Delani....

Delani went for her 18 month check up in the beginning of January. The Dr said that she had an ear infection so she was put on Amoxicillan. A couple weeks later she was still crabby as heck so we took her BACK to the Dr. Sue enough, the infection did not go away. They then put her on Augmentin. This of course, gave her the runs and she ended up having the worst diaper rash I have ever seen. I felt so bad for her.

Delani has been whining on and off since the beginning on January. Last night, she was crying all night. So this morning, Andy took her back to the Dr again. They said that the redness is less and they did a pressure test on her. She has fluid in there still so they are starting her on a 2 week treatment (I'm not sure what it is right now). If this does not help, then we will be referred to an ENT. The Dr mentioned that ear problems are related to speech problems. When Andy mentioned that she doens't speak very well the Dr said that it is probably because she is not hearing us clearly. So I am hoping this new medicine will help!

Otherwise, off to Dr Scalf's office we will be!!