Not again!

Tyler has suffered from ear infections starting from a very young age. He has had so many that we had tubes put in his ears when he was 5. Things were great until they fell out. Then he suffered again so the doctor put in the jumbo size ear tubes the next year. These mega sized tubes were supposed to last 18 months. One fell out within 6 months and the other one is hanging on by a thread. Tonight while eating dinner he mentioned his ear hurt. That is not a good thing coming from Tyler. We quickly finished our dinner - packed his to go because it hurt to even chew - and headed to the walk in clinic. Friday night at a walk in clinic is not where you want to be. Not because it is jam packed full and you have to wait forever to be seen but because there is not another soul in the place and you still have to wait forever to be seen! What is up with that? After being seen by the doctor our diagnosis was confirmed - double ear infections. His ear doctor said that most children grow out of ear problems by the age of 6 or 7. Tyler is 8 so he needs to grow out of it already! I don't want to have to put another set of tubes in his ears. One thing we did learn today - they make chewable antibiotics! Thank you drug makers - my life just got easier.