He woke up on Wednesday, partially deaf. One of his ears was really clogged and driving him nuts. He had NO fever, so I gave him allergy meds.
The next day, the same ear was still clogged, only then he started having random pressure pain and random throbbing pain. Both never lasted long.
He still had no fever. In fact, his temp was LOW. 94.2 I gave him ear drops, an ear cleaning specialty "swab" thing and more allergy meds.
On Friday, he woke with a temp of 92.3. What the heck?! His ear wasn't any better. I took him to a clinic nearby, but they were booked. I took him to a clinic in town and they said his Medicade was "inactive" and they couldn't see him.
I couldn't take him to the ER. He feels otherwise fine. Sometimes his hearing becomes echoish and he also has off and on ringing in his ears. So, yesterday, I started giving him 500 mg Amoxicillian 3 times a day.
But it sounds like allergies to me.
He's convinced he needs his ear washed out by a doctor (which we can't do until the insurance issue is resolved and with the holidays coming up, that could take weeks *sigh*)
His temp is still running low (his normal temp is 98.6), but he's hot to the touch. He's always freezing. For it to be an infection is illogical to me. Infection = fever, right? Not hypothermia!
Any ideas?
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