After a very long wait and two cancelled surgerys due to illness the Ear Tubes (grommets) are finally in!
Ghosts of Open Heart Surgery made it a bit traumatic for me, but Owey did fantastic.
Surgery lasted about 30 minutes there was lots of fluid and the surgeon said "nothing like a challange first thing in the morning", the grommets were as big as Owens ear canals and it was difficult to get them in. After the surgery Owen nursed and slept for about 30 minutes then stretched and woke up smilling, he was joyful and happy all day.
He has a bit of bloody gunk coming out his right ear, not alot, but we are keeping an eye on it, he is on antibiotic drops until Sunday fingers crossed it will clear.
I am not sure if we are meant to see instant results or if it will take time, but today he has attempted to say Bang Bang -" Ng Ng" - which is a new sound for him, a soft sound - his other sounds (words) are all harsh vowel sounds and he also said Car softly rather than his usual harsh KRRRR KRRR.
Now I am trying not to worry about infection, scarring, the tubes falling out or becoming blocked I didn't realise that once the tubes were in that there was a whole nother bag of things to worry an obsess over ! time for my own harsh vowel sounds AHHHHHHHHHHGGGHHHH
Glad to hear everything went well! Hope he heals up ok and the tubes help :)
ReplyDeleteSo happy that the procedure went well and Owen is doing well. It sounds like his hearing has improved already and that you will be seeing a huge change. Lucas has had tubes since May and we've had no problems at all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for finding my blog! I haven't noticed much of a difference really. She doesn't speak much and has no verbal words so it makes it all very hard to judge. They didn't do a hearing test, but I presume it is better as she does seem to respond better to us. We go for our follow up on Tuesday and are hoping that all is well!
ReplyDeleteSounds like Owen is doing amazing! I can't wait to get to know both of you better!