Our Visit to the ENT

Most of our family and friends know that Margaret was sick for the holidays this year. She began with a wicked ear infection on the Friday before Christmas and after 4 straight Fridays skip one then back again at the MD and 5 antibiotics later + addition of daily Prevacid it has FINALLY cleared up! She also was on a steriod during all the fun....YIKES! Steroids make typically sweet children EVIL. Anyway, when the doctor prescribed the last of the antibiotics (the one that finally kicked it) she also referred us to an ENT. I was not so thrilled when I learned the appointment was not until mid-Feb (this was toward the end of Jan), but that was as soon as they could get her in.
So, they ears cleared up and yesterday we did go for the ENT consult. He stated that Margaret's ears look great and have cleared up nicely. He explained that due to her recent history of chronic ear infections we could go ahead with the tubes, but that we could also wait since they have cleared up--possibly due to the Prevacid. Well, NO BRAINER---we will wait and see. YEAH! I am glad not to have to put my baby to sleep for this procedure at least not now. Hopefully, we have kicked the ear problems for good.
After getting finished at the ENT pretty quickly, we hated to waste a trip to the big city. So, Margaret and I met Jonathan for a reward donut at Krispy Kreme (her choice) since she had been so brave in letting some stranger look into her ears. Then we stopped by my old office to visit with Julianne and a previous patient and his family. Next, we ventured to JoAnne's to go crazy buying ribbon, paint, brushes, and fat quarter fabric for the quilt we will begin making next week (more info on the quilt is upcoming!). After shopping we went to a neat little park and played. THere was a cool Cinderella Coach in the park and we had lots of fun bouncing on it. Playing hard made two hungry girls! We met JL again to eat dinner and then headed back to the small town. Margaret fell asleep in the car and was quite content to have a quick wash off and teeth brushing and go right back to sleep. WOW! What a day!