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- From: Tammy.Vandenboom@launchpad.unc.edu (Tammy Vandenboom)
- Subject: preventative antibiotics
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:17:21 GMT
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- Preventative antibiotics never really worked with my daughter.
- We tried several (Gantrisin, Septra and another that escapes me)
- She continued to get ear infections not matter what we tried.
- I was told that tubes were a last resort. My doctors were
- particularly against this sort of intervention, they kept
- telling me she'd outgrow it. But after the 20th ear infection
- and allergies to the two strongest antibiotics (Augmentin and Suprax)
- even Ceclor didn't work. My husband and I made the decision to
- pursue tubes. It's been two weeks now, I now this sounds silly,
- but she has been a different child. She's happy all the time, her
- vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds, she repaets everything she
- hears. We are keeping our fingers crossed. By the way we were also
- told by the ear, nose and throat doctor that tubes were NOT a cure
- all, ear infections could still accur, but not as often and we would
- be able to catch tem earlier because the fluid would drain. (Cameron
- was one of those pesky kids that never had any clear symptoms when she
- had an infection. No fevr, no discernable pain, slept through the night,
- she would just get kinda clingy and whiney)
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- My advise. . .give preventative maintenance a try, but uf those infections
- get out of hand (it took us 20 over a 15 month period o decide enough was
- enough) don't hesitate to get a second opinion.
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