Ear Ache

Poor Stellan has yet another ear infection. :( A short while after he woke up from nap yesterday he started crying and told me that his ear hurt. (I have to say, it's great when the have the vocabulary to put words to things, makes figuring out the problem a whole lot easier.) Stellan is prone to ear infections so I can't say I was surprised. I called the pediatrician and she had an opening in 30 minutes. Once again, well worth the co-pay for that kind of service!!! They took us as soon as we got to the office and the nurse told me to take off his shirt. Seemed easy enough. But then again, we're dealing with a cranky 2 year old. I tried to take off his shirt and he threw an absolute fit! The doctor came in while he was screaming and said it was fine for now, just let him be. Good first impression son! The doctor was very nice though, no complaints. She warmed up the stethoscope and was able to do her initial check with little resistance from Stellan. Then it was time to take off his hat so she could look in his ear, after all that's where the problem was. Seeing as he threw a fit when I told him he had to wear the hat, I figured it would be relatively easy to take it off. Uh, sure. Another screaming match followed and we decided just to lift up the ear flaps when necessary. Jameson told the doctor that it was Stellan's left ear that hurt (so smart, distinguishes between left and right) and sure enough, it was inflammed. She had to take out some ear wax to make a definite assessment. Uh oh, that hasn't gone over so well in the past. Sure enough, history repeated itself. He was screaming and flailing as she tried to remove the minor obstruction. (It sounds gross but it wasn't too bad.) I was literally holding him as tightly as I could so he would be somewhat still so she would perforate his ear drum or something. Sheesh, what a work out. The doctor did her thing and then prescribed an antibiotic. Well, at least he loves medicine. She gave me a sample of motrin to give him right away to help alleviate the pain. My medicine loving child decided to be stubborn(wherever does he get that trait from?!?!) and said, "No medicine". Whatever. I asked a few more questions and then we headed on our merry way. We made a pit stop in the lobby because the boys decided that the toys at the doctor's office were more fun to play with than the ones at home. Lovely, spread the germs!
Stellan willingly took his medicine before bed so I'm hoping he's well on his way to recovery. Poor angel (who screams like the devil).