IS going to be a BIG day for us. That morning at 630am we have to be at the outpatient hospital for Dreycin's surgery for ear tubes. His surgery is actually at 730am, and supposedly it will take less than 10min. Basically the dc gave us 3 options, 1.another 2-3wks of a semi powerful antibiotic (bc he is allergic to amoxicillin) 2. let nature run its course to see if the body will heal, but more than likely we would end up with another infection, with fevers and more fluid build which = more hearing loss or 3. tubes surgery.
Now if we had more time, I would probably see if maybeI could do some alternative health treatments rather than jumping to surgery, but as of right now the hearing test concluded that Dreycin's right eardrum does not move at all to sound, and the left one is "kind of" responding to sound. And the fact that we are catching this early enough, that it does not put a huge delay in his speech development.....so for now surgery is the only option for us. along with surgery, we went and ahead and went to a pediatric chiropractor today, who adjusted Dreycin and recommended that after the surgery start him on a probiotic. Couple of interesting things she mentioned.
1. yogurt probiotics are not permanent, once we "dispose" what we have eaten the probiotics are no longer in our body
2. Kids lollipop probiotics are a bad idea, because probiotics should never be paired with sugar
3. The probiotic she recommended was liquid, adding a dropper to his juice or by mouth if he would take it. (BTW Dreycin is an excellent medicine taker, he's been a trooper through all th antibiotics!)
4. Kids with recurrent ear infections/fluid in ears should try a no dairy diet, which we do not use cow's milk for Dreycin we only use rice or almond milk because he could not stomach the cow milk. he does eat cheese, eggs, but isnt a fan of cottage cheese or yogurts. She recommended we try it for 1month, because cheese and dairy products make the immune system weaker and work harder, and the body makes more mucous and drainage. Now in some of her patients she in addition to no dairy, recommends a gluten free diet. She mentioned that it is very hard to find natural whole wheat without additives, preservatives, etc. and gluten seems to be also something that makes the immune system weaker. This may not be a bad idea for me to do, but i LOVE cheese......maybe later on? Now i know some people dont believe in alternative health, but I believe that it is just going to provide my little man with a clean 360 bill of health. I will do anything for him. And in turn, i know it has helped me with my lupus, and even Derek with his back. There is so much knowledge behind eastern medicine, and I learn a little bit in each part of the USA. Which brings me to our next big news......
We finally have orders!
We are going to Albany, GA (which has just gotten a super walmart) but upside is that we are 3hrs from Destin! WAHOO!!! and about 50miles from the nearest beach! Derek will resume his job as mechanical engineer at the Marine Corps Logistics base, basically they repair any and all vehicles that have been damaged. I doubt I will find work there, which is ok because we may only be there for about 1yr until Derek gets out. He may extend for a 1yr or so to finish his bachelor's degree (he is at 81 credits right now). Im just going to soak in a new adventure of our new temporary home, and being a stay at home mommy. There is only 1 hospital, and 1 high risk OB. which Im not one who doesnt like choices, but I guess I have to go with it. Our orders actually came 1month early for May 1st! But Derek does not have to report until May 31st, and begins work that following day. Unfortunately because of all these turn of events, we wont be getting to come home for the month of June. Derek will already be working, and i will be busy setting up new docs for me and Dreycin. We arent having much luck in the housing area, we have only found a couple of places one of which is a 3bdrm townhome/apt complex in Leesburg, GA about 16minutes from Albany. Not exactly what we were hoping for, but will do for a year or so. And the waiting list for base housing is 6mos-1yr. On May 17th we are leaving Louisville, Kentucky road tripping 10hrs to GA. It has been such a wonderful experience for us here. We were engaged here July 4th, 2006. We gave birth to our son Nov 9, 2009. Louisville, Ky has given us a place to call home for almost 3years.
Oh, and the afternoon of April 13th Im going to our sono, alone because Derek needs to stay home with Dreycin after his surgery. Kind of sad about that, wish someone was going with me. But ill just take the flip with me and record the whole thing for Derek and Dreycin to see. PINk or Blue!??!
This weekend is my last weekend to work for the psychiatric hospital, I figured now would be the best time to stop since we are only a few weeks away from our move and our Texas trip. Over the last few months I have been slowly packing boxes, but now is crunch time! I went and bought 4 big storage bins from Target (on sale) and plan to fill them with anything I can! We plan to have the military come get our large items to move(w&d,beds,couches,dining room,desk,dressers,etc) on May 16th.
What a busy month ahead we have......thank goodness me and dreycin are gonna get a little break to visit family and friends!
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