Tubes for Harrison

Yesterday was Harrison's ENT appt @ Children's Hospital in StL. He wasn't thrilled with yet another trip to the dr. At first he held his ears and said they hurt. Once I convinced him the dr's & nurses were there to help, and not hurt, he was a little more cooperative.

The visit started with a hearing test, which he passed with flying colors (and I KNEW he would! There is no way the little man can speak so clearly and have such an amazing vocabulary if he wasn't hearing well. OASN: When he had his First Steps eval, he tested out around 3-4yrs for language - smart boy!) The next thing they did was typanometric measures. For those of you that don't know what this is, it's measures the change in mobility of the eardrum as air pressure is applied and varied. This test didn't go as well :( He experienced no pressure peak at all in his right ear (this is consistent with abnormal middle ear pathology) and also low static admittance for his left ear (consistent with abnormal middle ear function)

Next, we saw the ENT. Harrison wasn't too impressed to see a doctor with a face mask approaching him. She checked his ears and we discussed his test results and that with the findings combined with his frequent ear infections, it was in his best interest to have tubes put in. So, Dec 15th the little guy will be going in. It's a pretty simple procedure (only takes 10min - done outpatient & we should be able to go home after about an hour) but any time you use general anesthesia there are risks. So, mommy is a bit worried, but I know this will be a good thing for him.

As soon as we left the ENTs office, H asked if he could call Daddy and tell him about his 'ear fashion' I couldn't figure out what he meant, until we talked to daddy...HE understood it! Harrison was trying to say 'ear infection' - too cute.