One Sunday, Derrick just woke up with his ear swollen and poking out more than normal. I touched it all over for pain and checked for bug bites or cuts. Nothing. It felt spongy and thick. Since I didn't think it was an allergy, I gave him motrin. We went to Kevin's cousin's farewell that day and the ear didn't change until the medicine wore off and then got even bigger. Next we tried benedryl. The ear continued to swell with that medication and so we tried some clay to see if the infection could be drawn out. Still, nothing. This was concerning.
We drove home late but luckily our doctor's office has night clinic hours. The doctor examined the ear and declared it had to be celluitis of the ear. He said he had seen a few cases in his career where the ears had actually progressed to blisters or even staff infections. He said it was all on the exterior of the ear and the interior was fine (which was my main concern). He gave him amoxicilan and said to call if his ear got worse. The medication worked like a charm and Derrick's ear was back to normal by the time school started on Wednesday. We feel blessed that we took him in early, so he didn't have any of those bad progressions of his ear. I still can't believe that it was never painful for him. It was definitely an unusual swelling of the ear.
One Sunday, Derrick just woke up with his ear swollen and poking out more than normal. I touched it all over for pain and checked for bug bites or cuts. Nothing. It felt spongy and thick. Since I didn't think it was an allergy, I gave him motrin. We went to Kevin's cousin's farewell that day and the ear didn't change until the medicine wore off and then got even bigger. Next we tried benedryl. The ear continued to swell with that medication and so we tried some clay to see if the infection could be drawn out. Still, nothing. This was concerning.
We drove home late but luckily our doctor's office has night clinic hours. The doctor examined the ear and declared it had to be celluitis of the ear. He said he had seen a few cases in his career where the ears had actually progressed to blisters or even staff infections. He said it was all on the exterior of the ear and the interior was fine (which was my main concern). He gave him amoxicilan and said to call if his ear got worse. The medication worked like a charm and Derrick's ear was back to normal by the time school started on Wednesday. We feel blessed that we took him in early, so he didn't have any of those bad progressions of his ear. I still can't believe that it was never painful for him. It was definitely an unusual swelling of the ear.
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