ENT Followup

I scheduled another appt. with Ethan's surgeon, this time I brought my husband along so I would be sure that we left understanding everything. He's pretty sure Ethan will end up needing the sinus surgery. It's been two years of one infection after another. We've ruled out cystic fibrosis, his immune system has been checked out, he has no allergies, and his adnoids have been removed. He wants us to go ahead and get the second opinion from the Ped. ENT at U. Miami. He said that there is a chance the dr. will want to rule out reflux as a cause first. He also said that some dr.'s like to try a course of antibiotics via IV first as well. The ENT said also that while he is willing to do the surgery, he doesn't do them every week like they to at a teaching hospital and if it were his child, he would choose a doctor who did the surgeries frequently (there is some risk to the surgery since the areas of the sinus's that they do surgery on is near the optic nerve). So, March 5th we will be headed down south for a day trip to get a second opinion about why Ethan is always sick and what we can try next.