Despite beating the ear infection BOTH eardrums failed to vibrate when tested. He also did much worse on the hearing test, scoring a 40 (normal is 20; the lower the better) on both ears. The doc also said he has thick 'brown elmer's glue' fluid in both ears.
The result? He's getting tubes put in both ears December 5th. That should immediately increase his hearing and hopefully spur his speech, as he may not be hearing what we do. He might understand the command 'close the door' but hear it as 'ose oor' and thus be unable to replicate normal speech.
We'll see. And no, I'm neither upset nor worried. It isn't the end of the world, plenty of kids get tubes in their ears, and in many ways this is a plus, a legitimate means of helping both his health and his development.
Win-Win in many ways.
And the first thing one of the techs said about the boy? "Boy you sure are smiley!", which is what my Mom started calling him long ago, and which is more and more his most widely used nickname.
I prefer "Quake" myself, as in the adult Parker will make "men quake and women swoon". You need not inform me of the dorkiness of this sentiment; I know already.
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Kids Quote of the Day:
"Wanna hear me count to a hundred?" said YaYa at the dinner table.
Our minds screamed 'Heck NO!" but our mouths said 'sure'.
She replied in a cheerleader's mocking chant: "One, two, skip a few, 99, 100!"
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BTW, YaYa has finally been chosen to read an offertory prayer at next weeks class mass.
Meanwhile LuLu was an Indian at her class Thanksgiving feast and brought nuts for the party, a vast improvement over Friday when her no-account Dad forgot it was her Leader Day and didn't bring a snack for the class.
And Lauren's ear-piercing post has continued to garner me hate-filled responses at work and from both Godparents . . jeesh, once again people: she cried BEFORE anyone touched her ears.She just didn't like being woken up and manhandled. Once it happened she was happy and content with a bottle within a minute.
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Well you have to remember Dr. Spock has done a reversal...no pain to children you know! Especially as some see it as unnecessary...so far it is not outlawed so count your blessings! HA! So far no reality show on tv on children having cosmetic surgery! :-) It will be interesting to see when she grows up if she likes them. You got a 50/50 chance. My niece has had them done like 4 times & it never takes to her liking & they close up. She is 10 1/2 yrs now, and she is a frilly girl so I don't know why? Funny her sister who was the tomboy growing up is now 17 & loves them Ha!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Parker's surgery. I hope it does help. And Too cute on Yaya's counting. Indian huh...I'm part American Indian & I like nuts so.... ha! You forgot the snack? Do you know how damaging that is to kids! Ha! That is like when Kevin in Home Alone says pjs with an animal & scare a kid for life! HA!