It's NOT the ears. Fever, day 8

Low grade...99.8! I don't even consider that a fever :) I have not given her Motrin or Tylenol all day. I thought I'd give her body a break from the Motrin since her fever is so low.

We went to our appointment with the ENT this afternoon. He did a full work up on her ears. Checked her hearing again, took pictures of behind the ear drum and decided that the tubes could come out. They were sitting in the ear canal, not doing any good any longer. He said with the average kid, they could sit there and cause no problems until they fall out, but beings she's having some mysterious issues, he wanted to take them out. There is no fluid to be found anywhere in her ears. He said that there is no possibility that the inflammation is coming from her ears.
Now, could her ear infections reoccur? Yes, but hopefully she's grown out of that. If they do start to come back, we can get back in and get a new set of tubes. Only problem is, in about 8 days, he'll no longer be accepting our insurance. So...let's hope we're done with ENT's for good!

My pediatrician finally returned my call. Now I feel kind of bad. I've been annoyed that I had not received a return call since yesteday afternoon, because I've been wanting to speak with her about Tay's tummy. Of course, she called back at 5:30 tonight and could not reach me on my cell phone, because I left it in the car while we went to dinner. Damn. So, she left a lengthy message on our home machine.
She got some more blood work back and there are some questionable markers. So, she conferred with the Infectious Disease Specialist today...faxing him Tay's records and labs and he's referred us to an immunologist. We meet with the Immune. on Monday morning. The ID thinks he knows what she may have...but again, no need in expressing that until we have confirmation.
Needless to say, she's probably going to have more blood work drawn. They're going to culture her entire immune system.

Your prayers and calls have been wonderful. They really mean a lot to us. Thanks for the offers of dinners, childcare and accompanyment to our appointments. Thank YOU for the love and support you give to our family :)