Tripp had an ENT appointment yesterday at Wake Forest, and he told us some news that not one person has told us since we have come home. Im not sure why anyone has not mentioned it before though because several different doctors have looked in his ears, and it is not something that happens overnight. But there is fluid behind his ears, which is pretty common in kids with a cleft palate. So we will be getting tubes put in at the same time his cleft is repaired; its not something they do before because then it can lead to milk coming out his ears which can cause more infections.
But the good news about all this fluid is that it may also be causing some of his hearing problems. We are trying not to get too excited about this but the hearing aids may only be a short term thing--just until he gets the tubes put in! We are planning to have an audiologist in on the surgery to do an abr while he is still sedated for the surgery so we will find out that day if his hearing has improved at all after the fluid being drained.
God is so very good!!
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