Addi update

Well, her appointment with Dr K wasn't as straight forward as I was expecting.  I was expecting a simple discussion like "yes, ear tubes would probably be a good idea, let's get her in to ENT" or "no, she doesn't quite meet the requirements just yet."  But nope.  That's not what happened at all.

Instead, Dr K talked about an MRI of her head (specifically her inner ear), possible allergies, possible headaches and/or possible light sensitivity (due to her vomiting).  Essentially, she said that Addi's presentation of symptoms is abnormal for simple run-of-the-mill ear infections and she's wondering if there's something else going on.  In addition to the vomiting, Addi has tended to fall alot in the past few months.  We just chalked it up to a 2 year old who's too excited to get somewhere too fast...so the carpet jumps out and gets her.  But it's concerning enough to Dr K that she's seriously wondering about inner ear involvement causing vertigo...which would in turn cause her to fall more often and possibly be nauseous and therefore, throw up.

Or the vomiting could be related to headaches.  Or to light sensitivity.  Or blah, blah, blah.  My head was spinning by this point.  Also, do you know how concerning it is to a mother when your child's doctor says that she's "perplexed" and then breaks out the tape measure to measure the size of your child's head to make sure it plots well on the growth curve?!  No, um, sorry doc, you're not supposed to be perplexed.  In fact, this is supposed to be pretty gosh darn simple.  Yeah, so much for a straight forward visit!

Anyway, if MRIs on 2 year olds were easy, she said we'd be taking that route first.  Unfortunately, the sedation for an MRI of the head would be much, much longer than sedation for ear tubes.  So for now, we're meeting with Audiology and ENT on March 23rd with probable ear tube placement thereafter.  If she doesn't have a resolution of the vomiting and tripping after tube placement, we'll be getting the MRI.

Oh and Addi had to have blood drawn before we left.  She handled it like a champ!  She was so proud of her Bugs Bunny band-aid!!