Round 3 for Emily

Waiting to be called back

Emily has struggled with ear problems for most of her life. She has had ear infections for as long as I can remember. Thus when she was 9 moths old she had Tubes put in. For 7 months she was fine until they fell out. The doctor suggested a second set but we decided to try going to a chiropractor and using homeopathic methods for awhile. That didn't work very well and was costing quite a bit. So when she was 2 she had her second set of tubes along with her Adenoids out which you can read about HERE

Those tubes  lasted longer then the previous set. She then only had a few ear infections after they fell out which was great. However over the last several months we noticed she was not hearing as well as she should be and it really declined rapidly over a months time.

I had her hearing tested and she failed pretty badly. It was to the point where we were yelling at her all the time or having to touch her to get her attention. The ENT said that there was fluid in her ears and it was really thick and her ear drums were sucked in. Meaning she couldn't hear! He even said he has seen it before and that her hearing was worse than what he would expect. The solution of course...Tubes again!

I wasn't fond of the idea of a 3rd surgery but I didn't want her to have any speech delays either or permanent hearing loss.  After much discussion the surgery was scheduled.

This time Seth was able to come which was very helpful. Emily was seriously awesome this time around. I just told her we were going to the doctor and she was good with that. She liked exploring the waiting area before her procedure. She had her own pre-op room which was nice to have for privacy reasons. She watched some TV and they gave her some medicine to help calm her, so when the doctors came to take her she wouldn't be afraid. Just like last time she was a giant GOOF ball on the meds.

Cool matching arm bands

She was super giggly and she kept trying to slip off the bed. She couldn't stand up or walk like she was a little drunken sailor which she found hilarious. When they came to take her back she was completely chill and off she went. Shortly thereafter they came to take us back to her in recovery. She was asleep and slowly coming out of it. The last two times she came out of anesthesia crying and very upset. But this time she was pretty good. No tears just hungry because she wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything all day and her surgery was at noon. The doctor cleaned out all the fluid and said that her ear drums retracted back to normal as soon as the pressure was released.

We took her to her favorite place to get a grilled cheese after it was all said and done. By the evening she was back running around like a crazy person.At her follow up appointment her ears looked wonderful. She had a 30 decibel hearing improvement. We can definitely tell a difference in our day to day conversations with her.

Happy they gave her a stuffed animal

Zoned out watching show

Happy they gave her something to color

The meds have kicked in!