deviled egg

no massive surprise, i didn't do too well in physics as an aspiring ambitious student.

but surely there is a forum which explains why as my life gets busier my kids get sicker.

surely not! you exclaim, slack jawed in disbelief.

no, its true.

today, right after naps, i am trying to put together a comprehensive grocery list while unpacking the items i brought to the funeral yesterday and repacking my bag for tonight, when jasper comes running towards me, exclaiming the by now tired statment, "sela did a poo". he begins coughing and i brush past him, heading towards my shoes, hoping that everyone else will put on their shoes. that is, IF they want to come to park and shop with me.

instead, jasper stops running, stands there, opens his mouth and vomits.

vomits.

there is no reason for this vomit. no bug he has caught, no choke, no nothing. but there you go. vomit.

disinfectant, rags, water. wipe scrape, clean between wood.

it is amazing.

not the vomit.

please, i am so over being stunned by bodily functions that any of my kids make that i could be in the middle of eating cereal, and if jasper vomitted, i would probably keep on eating. i AM SO OVER THAT.

but the timing. amazing. impressive.

they just can't vomit when i'm bored, can they.

or won't.

ear appointments went interestingly yesterday. thank you for the inquiring emails. the kids are pretty good in doctors offices.

the problem is with ears, is that ear drums are protected by ear wax.

the problem with ear wax is you aren't supposed to use cotton buds in your ears. and there really is no effective way to remove ear wax without a medical personnel's intervention and a $100us per child fee afterwards.

yesterday, the doctor looked at jasper and sela's ears and declared them too full of ear wax to do anything with."too full of wax" he stated. i had the grace to look shamefaced even though i know this is not my fault. but it also gets me wondering....the last doctor i took them to didn't think the wax was a problem. did this massive wax build up just arrive in a surplus special or did the last dr ignore it or??? apparently little lulu's ears weren't so bad and so we did a little hearing test on her which proved that her tube from nose to ear is blocked, not the middle ear, as previously thought.

why is it impossible to get the doctors to agree? instead of feeling like we got somewhere, i feel like we know the kids have an allergy, and instead of furthering testing for a drug, they are exploring a whole new drug. and the allergy is getting worse and worse.

so i am feeling disconcerted. my kids are walking around with bad hearing and no answers as to how we can definitely improve it, and these eggshells i am stepping on are feeling pretty trembly. i just want to help them.

Comments

[Boulder]

I've always heard that drops of body temperature olive oil or mineral oil ("baby oil") a few times a day for a few days will help with build-up. Also, that you can use a syringe with warm water to float out the wax after is has loosened with the oil.

Perhaps you can google & see what is out there for advice? Just thinking that if they don't have perforations, you might be able to save a bit on the cleaning.

xoxo

[SheilaC]

Yeah, the ear wax is a real nuisance. Some kids just have thick gooey wax that is hard to get rid of. Our daughter M has this problem, and quite often when I think she has an ear infection, the family doctor can't see anything but wax. So frustrating! M had ear tubes put in when she was 2 1/2 and they seemed to help a lot for the next 3 years - longer than usual before the second one finally came out.

Our ENT has recommended we use an over-the-counter oil called Cerumol, a few drops into the ear(s) daily for 5 days to soften the wax and help to remove it.
If that is done, he can use a little pick tool thing to try to remove some wax when he sees her. But he says he doesn't like to have to use the tool, because kids get upset and then don't want to sit still and cooperate for future appointments. (no wonder!)
Maybe a little oil is worth a try?
Good luck,

[Auntie Pammie]

Sorry to hear about JJ. I feel for you being swallowed up in the whole different diagnosis game.. It is too bad that all of these specialists cannot agree on what is "up".
If it makes you feel any better , we got hammered with LOTS Of snow over the last 36 hours, Your kidlets would love it....
xoxoxo

[Jody]

Ah, I'm sorry. I hope they get this straightened out sooner rather than later. Not knowing what's going on really stinks.

[knobody]

what is it with kids and poorly timed puke? sagan started puking two hours before his birthday party. *sigh*

my doctor's office uses a water pick, the same kind you can get for your teeth, to get ear potatoes out. and, yeah, they charge a ridiculous amount for the service. i hope you can get some more definitive answers soon. HugS

[Lil Liberal]

"Debrox" works really well with me. I have to wear hearing aids due to a hearing loss, so the wax gets pushed into my ear canal and builds up sort of a wall between the hearing aid and my eardrum, and is a pain in the butt not to mention painful when it builds up to the point of pushing into the eardrum whenever I put my hearing aids in--so the ear doctor recommended "Debrox", and it works surprisingly well.

The olive oil thing also works, although less well. I did that for about a week, then used warm water to flush out the wax--the thing is, if the olive oil doesn't melt the wax enough, then the water can get trapped in the wax and cause infections.

Olive oil + perioxide after the week also seems to work, and the fizzy feeling is... delightful. Anticipate squirmy children. I think the peroxide has less of a potential problem than the water in terms of infection.

[Lori in YK]

Any feelings that I have had about my life being too crazy went out the door after reading your entry...WOW!

There is nothing worse than the waiting when it comes to kids and Dr.s. Here is to speedy diagnosis and hanging in there with some rationalization of sanity...even with misplaced vomit!!

[joeinvegas]

I've got the same problem and use some drops designed for clearing the ears (I'll look up the name when I get home). Tilt head, a few drops in an ear, wait a few minutes while it fizzes and then flush it out with a little bulb thingie and warm water and out comes a nice little eraser sized plug of was. Repeat tilting head the other way with other ear.
Don't know if the kids will put up with it, but it sure helps my hearing to do it every few months.