Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Ear Tubes
We saw the ENT last Wednesday and Jack and I both really liked him. He said that really our only choice was to put tubes in (through a small slit in the ear drum) and let the infected fluid drain from behind the ear drum. In almost all cases this clears up the chronic infections and within the next year his ears and Eustachian tubes should be mature enough to not have the same problems. The inserted tubes just fall out on their own. They just called Monday to schedule the surgery, which will be the 19th, at 7:30 am. It is done under general anesthesia (with a mask), but only lasts about 5 minutes. We are anxious about the procedure, but on the other hand anxious about getting Jack well finally. He is on his 4th antibiotic in the last 2 months (you have to wonder at this point if they're even doing anything) and we definitely don't want to risk hearing damage. So, if everyone would say a prayer or think a good thought for the 19th (and after) we would appreciate it!!
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We'll be thinking about you guys next week. I'm sure everything will go smoothly and he'll start to finally feel better!
It's much better to get this sorted while Jack is young - Eddy's always had ear infections, it led to the infection in his arm a few years ago and he is now on a waiting list to get a perforated ear drum repaired - much better if he'd had it all fixed as a boy!
Glad you liked the sampler - we'll have to pick one out for Baby Taylor 2 when I visit in April - and I'd be happy to stitvh that one again if you wanted it!
I hope everything goes well and this fixes the problem. I'm sure it will be a lot harder on the 2 of you than it will be for him.
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