Abigail’s Ears and Encopresis? Hannah quick check.

What I thought was going to be a simple 5-minute well-check for Abigail turned out to be a bit more complicated.

Abigail’s ears still look “miserable,” which I knew, so we will likely be having a third tube surgery some time soon.  Also, he wants us to get Abigail an abdominal xray when we get back because he thinks she may have encopresis.  It all fits, as she has been complaining about “hard poopies” for the past few weeks and she has had some accidents, even just minutes after we ask her if she needs to go potty.  So we may be adding some Miralax to her diet.

Our pediatrician also did a quick physical check on Hannah and noticed that she is starting to develop fluid behind her ears again.  If this turns into a full-blown ear infection, that will be what, the second one in as many months?  She has had a runny nose for the past few days, and if it continues for a couple more days or if she gets a fever or tugs at her ears, he gave us a prescription for antibiotics that we can use while we are in CA.  He checked out her spleen and liver, but for the first time, she was pretty uncooperative, as she wasn’t feeling very good.  I didn’t get the impression there was any change in the size, however.

So, in the middle of all Hannah’s multitude of tests, we have to add Abigail’s ear tube surgery plus her abdominal xray to this mix.  Boy, our insurance company is going to be busy for the next couple of months with u!