Another New Doctor For Bryce

I think we've finally settled with a pediatrician that I like and who also understands Bryce. Recommended by the nurse practioner we usually see, this doctor's youngest child has severe peanut allergy-so she "gets" the food allergy thing.

Byrce had an appointment with her this week for an ear re-check from his ear infections in February. It was lucky that we had this appointment with her as Bryce had started getting sick 2 days prior and developed pink eye-AGAIN.

She said she thinks he has adenovirus which is why he got instant pink eye, that he has 1 ear badly infected, the other looking not so good and that he's likely a good candiate for tubes in May. She suspects that his ears aren't clear from when he got sick the end of January and the new rules for tubes involve 3 mos of ear issues. She also agreed to no antibiotics and a wait and see approach on the ears/pink eye/drippy nose. Poor kid.

She also wants to take over his low iron situation. It looks like she believes the last doctor didn't run all the necessary tests to put him on such a high dose of iron. She's going to speak to the GI doctor and likely order new bloodwork for him next week. YAY! That iron is nasty stuff.

While Bryce is sick-drippy, goopy, stuffy and not himself, it's nice that we might be finally moving ahead to a solid diagnosis AND potentially a treatment. We're all for tubes if it will prevent the recurrent ear infections and the constant drippy nose and the "Insta-Pink Eye". (he's had pink eye about 8 times since October!)

Keeping our fingers crossed for now.