The Verdict

We had out appointment with Dr Huchton this morning and I feel pretty good about it. Thankfully his mastoids do not show any deep infection. That is really great news because the only way to drain that would be with a big surgery. What he has come up with now is what he says is from the process of elimination. He said with all of the right meds he's been on, the hospitalization and the lack of underlying issues in the mastoids and sinuses, he believes that Will is a 1 in about 500 cases where his body is actually rejecting the tubes in his ears. Even though he has the hypoallergenic ones in, his body does not like having this foreign object in his ears and is fighting it off. The solution: another surgery, but this time to remove the tubes altogether. This sounds promising; however leads to another issue if the continues to have infections. But like he said we will cross that bridge when we get there. He switched his antibiotic again and put him on different ear drops to hold the infection at bay until the surgery is scheduled. Dr Huchton had a skiing accident and shattered his shoulder and will be in a cast for another 3-4 weeks. Once he gets the clearance then he will do the surgery. In the meantime we will just wait it out and hope the new meds will give Will some relief until next month. It all makes since if this is the reason, and I am praying it is. We will keep you posted in the coming weeks on his progress and where we're going with it.