Carter

So we went to the Ear Nose and Throat specalist at Akron Children's today. Dr M is an awesome man! He was so good with Carter! All the nurses and staff were really nice and really god with Carter. We started out going over what's been going on, he looked in Carter's ears and although the infection seems to FINALLY be gone, his right ear is totally full of fluid still. They did an xray to see his adnoids and a hearing test.

His x ray showed that carter inherited mommy's GIANT adnoids that are blocking his airways. He's a mouth breather, and generally snores a bit. This is all caused by the adnoids. PArt of the reason the fluid behind his ears isn't draining is that when you take a breathe, it helps move air through the Eustation tubes (totally not sure if I spelled that right).. well his adnoids are blocking that from happening, keeping trapped fluid, that keeps reinfecting his ears. His hearing test shows that his right ear is totally full and not much is getting through in terms of sound, so his left ear is compensating. They don't think there is any permanent hearing damage, and should reslove ones this is all taken care of.

So, Dr. M HIGHLY recommends tubes to be put in and adnoids to be taken out. He thinks he will hear better, making his speech improve, he will eat and sleep better and be an all around happier kid. I don't know if he can get happier to be honest, but I want him to have relief from the pressure and pain of ear infections. I also would love to see his speech improve.

So we are all set for Wednesday, May 12 at 1:45pm. This is going to be an extremely diffucult day since he can't eat anything 6 hours prior to surgery, no milk, and nothing to drink 3 hours prior. I was REALLY hoping for a morning time, but we go with what we can get since baby girl will be full term a few days later, and can come out anytime there after.