His Break is Over

I was wrong. It might have been one rocky start here getting the right medical care, but now that we are past the introductions, the referrals are coming boom... boom... boom. Just today we saw two specialists.

The first was an ENT (Ear Nose Throat doctor). Now mind you, these doctors are all new to us. I was a bit hesitant going to this particular ENT because she does not work with the Children's Hospital but since she was able to get Dennis in so quickly and I didn't need a separate appointment for his hearing test, I thought I would give her a try.

I am so glad that I did. They called us back immediately and the doctor was super nice. She had nothing but amazing things to say about the ocularist that Dennis is seeing which was an added bonus. She saw that Dennis' ears were clogged with wax and as she cleaned them out, she removed his old tubes. This is what they looked like.


When I mentioned our potential future plans for our family, she suggested that Dennis have these kind of tubes put in his ears because they can last up to four years instead of the normal one year that his other tubes lasted.

In a couple of weeks, Dennis will have new tubes in his ears! The audiologist said that Dennis hearing should improve as soon as the drainage is gone from his ears.

Later this afternoon we went and saw an Oculoplastic Surgeon that came highly recommended. Unlike the last ocuplastic surgeon, this one was very optimistic laying out two, possibly three surgeries in the next few months. He wants to make a lower lid and then an upper lid both requiring skin grafts that will be taken from behind one of his ears and his chest. And finally... he says that he can work on a tear duct for Dennis so that his eye can properly drain. How awesome that would be!

When I called our primary care physician's office to thank them for the timely referrals, the nurse reminded me that I had not followed up with Alex's catheter size. I was blown away with her reminder... ever so thankful.