Dodging A Bullet!

Harrison had his little surgery yesterday. He is home and doing pretty good. He is happy!

Yesterday, Dr. Fewins had to remove Harrison's ear tubes. They had become infected and was causing blood drainage and irritation. He inserted new tubes made out of Titanium. He also decided it would be best to remove H's adenoids. He explained the benefits of this and Boomer and I agreed. He also checked his vocal cord paralysis and it shows no improvements there. He was happy with how well the right one was compensating.

This is what we learned after surgery...

• Infections did not cause any damage to middle ears
• Left ear was full on dry blood, so going with surgery was the right choice
• No change with his left cord. It is what it is...paralyzed. He should be fine. It will be watched as he grows.
• Adenoids gone. They were actually shaped differently than typical adenoids. Probably due to his facial features that go along with q22 deletion.
• ABR Hearing Test came back normal. I was just told that she and Dr. Fewins were surprised that was no hearing loss. With development problems to the semicircular canals they usually see some hearing loss. This is the bullet we dodged! Praise the lord.

She said that we should get his hearing checked once a year if he continues to have inections. The anatomy of his ear will not change his hearing. The only thing that could effect his hearing would be damage from ear infections. Heart wise, everything checked out. He does have a low heart rate, but it is probably due to his repairs.

Thanks for the continued prayers. In additon, I have received my unofficial scores for my teaching certificate. I passed my content test!