Can't the poor kid catch a break?

I don't want to complain...but here goes. Isn't it enough to have a new baby, start school again with four kids, move to a new state, try to sell a house in a down market, have it take forever to close on, and say "see you later" (not goodbye!) to friends and family? Life just seems to be adding challenges instead of taking them away. On Monday (or Tues.) we went to run an errand and our car was dead. I finally was able to get it jumped and taken over to Les Schwab for a new battery this morning. But, that isn't the biggest thing I am writing to moan about. While I was back packing the house Zachary and Ethan had hearing tests at school. Surprise!...Zach didn't pass. They did a follow up test and he didn't pass that either. So this week (with a borrowed car) I took Zach to the district audiologist for some more testing. Zach didn't want to go. He kept saying that his ears were fine, he had already had two tests for them. I convinced him that we just needed to go prove it. So we went. The audiologist did a sound vibration type testing (twice) and said that the results were "flat". (They were supposed to be spiked.) Then, we went to the soundproof booth for the beeping test. I got to sit in the booth with Zach and the audiologist was outside. Zach had his little headphones on and could hear and talk to the audiologist. They did the beeping part and then the audiologist had Zach repeat words to him. I almost started to cry when I realized that Zach wasn't repeating all of the words. I guess the good news is that the test results didn't show nerve damage. I don't think we are dealing with a hearing aid kind of situation. The audiologist said there is probably fluid in the ear or something. He assured me that it is a medical issue that can be corrected. Now my Zachy, who has already been through a couple of surgeries and too many painful tests to think about, has to go have himself prodded and poked some more. Why can't the poor kid catch a break?