First, let me announce that the family texas state fair day is October 10th and that Aaron can get you fair tickets through DBU's student affairs office for $12. So let us know if you want us to pick one up for you.
Maddy's appointment with the ENT was at 9:15 this morning. We waited and waited and he did not come in til 10:30. Aaron was pretty irritated because he is going to be late for his class. Bad. Anyway, he explained the ABR results and what they could mean and also looked in her ears with a microscope to check for fluid. Her left ear he is 90% sure has fluid. He said it is hard to tell because her ear canals are so small but it doesn't look transparent. The right ear does not have fluid. So the first step is to get a tube put in the left ear and drain the fluid. From the ABR results one of the possibilities is that she could have normal or close to normal hearing in her left ear without the fluid. The right ear definitely has hearing impairment. If her left ear is functioning at or close to full capacity we may be draining the fluid and she will be fine. If both ears are impaired she will get hearing aids. If she has cochlear damage we'll have to look at hearing implants. As of now he is hoping that the left ear is fine, but the most likely possibility is that we'll need hearing aids. Getting the fluid off the left ear will allow them to get a better assessment of what is going on. She will have to go back and get another ABR about a week after they put the tube in. He said he normally lets kids have fluid on their ears for a long time, but in her case because we can't get a clear picture of what's going on with her hearing he wants to go ahead and put the tube in. So we are scheduled to get a tube in her left ear on the 14th. The procedure itsself takes about 5 minutes. The hard part is going to be that we have to be there at 5:30 in the morning with surgery scheduled at 7. At least they did schedule her the first surgery because she is a baby and she can't have any food or drink after midnight. If they start on time she should never be too hungry cause she usually doesn't wake up until around 7 anyway. So that is the run down. He said we are not in a huge rush to get the hearing aids and that even up to a year she should be alright as far as speech development goes. But we will try to get things moving sooner than that obviously. So it will still be a little while before we know what is going on but this is the next step.Other news is that our house in Ft. Collins is under contract. The inspection went pretty good but the lady trying to buy it has an fha loan so they want us to fix one of the siding panels and the roof. The HOA is responsible for both of those items so hopefully the will cooperate and have that done. The siding will be no big deal. I think they fixed it for us once before, but I don't know what they are going to say about the roof. We really need them to cooperate because I don't think our renters are going to want to stay there now that we've tried to sell the place and if this lady doesn't buy the house and our renters move out we are up the creek without a paddle.
Hope all of you are having and enjoying nice fall weather. It has been amazing weather for Dallas for this time of year. I am actually wearing a long sleeved shirt right now.
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