And the Saga continues...

I took Jaime to the pediatrician today...only to find out that his ears are once again infected! Go figure! Several appointments ago I was told that it wouldn't be a problem to do Jaime's surgery if his ears were infected as long as his lungs were clear...well they ARE clear, yet someone has made the executive decision NOT to operate.
I can not even begin to tell you how I feel right now! I'm afraid that all of my positivity has been drained and exhaustion and sadness has set it. The pre-op process was was bad enough for Jaime and to hear that it's all for nothing and will have to be done again?!? Sure, we can reschedule surgery in a "few weeks." Yea, in the meantime it's not the drs. who are up night after night cleaning up vomit from their toddler because his ears are infected and the drainage is gagging him. It's not their child who doesn't speak and may have permanent hearing loss. It's not their child who has a hard time gaining weight to begin with just to lose 1.3lbs in a week due to illness related to his ears. It's not their child at risk of becoming resistant to antibiotics because they're on them so much...already resistant to one! It's not their child whose veins are already shot from all of the poking and prodding. It's not their child who is miserable and forced to see dr. after dr. and get test after test...simply for nothing to be done in the end.
I understand being cautious, I truly do. But, when I do all of the right things, get "cleared" by all of the right people, put Jaime through hell and back again...just to be told by someone who doesn't know Jaime at all that they want to cancel surgery?!? I can't accept that! News flash, Jaime has and always will have crap lungs...a "few weeks" from now won't change that...in fact, chances are a "few weeks" from now Jaime will, once again be ill. He will never get better until he can have his ears surgically drained and cleaned. He needs to be "reset." I've heard that by just about all of his drs. It's just not fair! Something so simple....an easy "cure" for Jaime, has turned into a fiasco. There's no reason for it! I would be the first one to say that I'm not comfortable with Jaime going to the OR if I felt like he wasn't well enough to do so, but I'm JUST "MOM."

Here's to better days...and to a Happy Thanksgiving with a child who WON'T be post-op! :)

P.S. I called the pediatrician to let her know what was going on....she just called back. She is just as frustrated as I am. Jaime will now be on continuous antibiotics until he's post-op...whenever that may be!