Manic Monday

Yesterday was a busy day! We began the day with a trip to the Audiologist and ENT. Jackson had tubes put in October of '08 due to multiple ear infections, so we were supposed to return for a one year check-up...obviously the 1 year recheck turned into a 15 month recheck, oh well, atleast we made it at all!
So we saw the Audiologist first, **nervous that Jackson was going to have a melt down about having things put in his ears and having to sit in a sound proof booth etc.** but he did great. He even let her put some ear buds in to do some sound field testing. As a Speech pathologist I'm well versed in what hearing issues/loss can do to a child's speech, so I was anxious to get the results of his hearing test. All in all he did ok, but his hearing isn't where the audiologist would like it to be.
Next we headed into the ENT and he told us that Jackson's first set of tubes had fallen out and were just laying in the ear canal, which in and of itself wasn't a problem. THe problem is that he continues to have fluid behind his middle ear...which shouldn't be there. It should be draining. So basically it sounds like everything is muffled to Jackson...I compare it to what it sounds like if you were sitting on the bottome of a pool and someone was talking to you....yeah, not so good when you're trying to learn phonics and correct production of speech sounds. So we've decided to put a 2nd set of tubes in his ears next week and remove his adenoids while we're at it. We have the option to "wait him out" and see if as he gets bigger this will resolve itself or just put the new tubes in. But since the ENT called him a "repeat offender" (which I love...because he is a repeat offender in many ways outside of ear infections!! but aren't most toddlers??? LOL) we decided why wait!
So after the wild morning we had it was nice to spend the afternoon playing outside at the park and riding the new bicycle Jackson got for Christmas. The weather was AMAZING!! For those of you who live in or around the Tulsa area, I hope you were able to get out and get some sunshine!!!