Mia went to the pediatrician on Tuesday morning to have her ears checked. At her 1 year check-up in November, Dr. White discovered she had an ear infection and the fluid level was still high (as it has been for many months now). So, 6 weeks after taking the antibiotics I took her back to Dr. White to see if they helped. While they did make the infection go away, Dr. White said to call the ENT. So this morning, Ryan, Mia and I went to see Dr. Baktha. His audiologist performed a couple of hearing tests on Mia, and then Dr. Baktha went over our options. They have determined she has a mild hearing loss and fluid behind the ear drum. Tubes are scheduled for Monday morning. As I told Ryan on the car ride home, it makes me sad that my sweet baby isn't perfect. There was some confusion yesterday that we cleared up today with Dr. Baktha. When we left, it was my understanding that Mia had sustained a permanent mild hearing loss; Ryan thought the loss was temporary. One of the nurses at Dr. Baktha's office was very kind and did some research for us and talked to Dr. Baktha between his surgical procedures. Thankfully, they determined the she has a conductive hearing loss which is due to the fluid in her ears. They fully expect the tubes to correct this problem, and she should recover fully. I have never been so happy to say I was wrong and Ryan was right. Praise God!
Lily is doing alright from her procedure. We have seen a little bit of dried blood which they said could be expected. However this morning, Liz was putting her drops in her ears and noticed the left one was not going into her ear; it was just sitting there. Not good. Dr. Baktha recommended making a peroxide/saline mix to put in to see if it would dissolve anything that has crusted on or in the tube. If that doesn't work, we'll be back in his office where they can hopefully fix it. If it can't be fixed in the office, it's back to surgery for her. I really hope the peroxide mix works.
So, that's what is going on with our girls' ears right now. We'll be sure to keep you updated.
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Man! You guys have been through the ringer! We'll be praying for both of the girls and the tubes/hearing. I can definitely sympathize with how hard it is to hear your child's not perfect. Elly has kidney reflux, but before we found that out, they thought it might be something more serious (long story). I haven't had time to post all that on my blog yet, but I hope to soon. All that to say, I know the feeling. I just try to remind myself that it could be so much worse and as soon as we walked into Children's hospital, that was completely obvious! We'll keep y'all in our prayers!
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