Trip to Children’s

Little Bit had an appointment at 12:30 in Audiology. We arrived promptly at 12:28. It has been almost a year since we’ve been there so I could not remember which hallway got us to the check-in spot. So maybe we were a little late. We had to have Chick-fil-a for lunch! Another hearing test was done and completed with the same results as always. We then had an appointment with ENT. The doctor we saw (Dr R) there has had the most information we have gotten to date. He told us based on her past hearing test he believes she has a sensorineural hearing loss, which unfortunately cannot be corrected (in her left ear, her right ear is good). He did, however, tell us that he does not feel like it is a total loss. So basically if you yell, she will hear a whisper. So she has been scheduled for a CT scan to verify what Dr R thinks is actual. He says she has a small amount of fluid in the ear that he feels like could be affecting her hearing therefore she will be having myringotomy (tubes placed in her ears). This will be her second set of tubes. She got her first set shortly after her first birthday. She will also have an adenoidectomy. Adenoid removal is now routine with a second set of tubes but Dr R thinks this will help her from being so snotty and hackin and coughin ALL the time (which is SO NOT pretty). Sometime after (maybe January) these procedures are done, she will have a hearing screening again. This test will determine if she has better hearing without the fluid and if so she may be a candidate for a hearing aid. So that about covers our trip to Children’s. Sorry no pictures. I know post are always more exciting when there are pictures. I promise to try harder on that!