Dr. Pearson called yesterday morning with Nylas CT scan results. He said ALL her sinuses were infected bad. Her left side is worse than the right, but they are all really bad. She most definitely has chronic sinusitis which he said is quite rare in a child her age. He started her on a twice a day for 3 weeks course of Augmentin. If she gets better and stays better than we dont need to see him again, until/if it comes back. If it comes right back after we stop the antibiotics we have to come back right away.
He didnt get the actual scans, just a copy of the radiologists report, so he said he doesnt know why she has this. It could be an anatomical deformity causing a blockage or something else, but he wont know until he sees the actual scans. As of now he isnt making plans to take her tonsils and adenoids out, unless when he sees the scans it shows that they are enlarged or infected. This is great news, I didnt want to have her go through another surgery if we didnt have to.
Nyla has finally gained a little weight, she is up by 0.3 pounds from when she had her dental surgery on the 15th of March. More good news!!
Hey Brenda,
ReplyDeleteCharlie has chronic sinusitis. I was led to believe (from our ENT) that's it's not uncommon for a preemie to get it-they catch everything much easier than other children. Until I read your post I hadn't heard it was uncommon unless it's Nyla and Charlie's age difference (Charlie is Brandon's age but was ~29 weeks). Our ENT also ruled out taking the tonsils and adenoids. He recommended the usual (hand washing and other illness-avoiding behavior) which is hard in a 2 year old.
I really hope she starts to feel better soon!