June 24th, 2008 by BlogRmom

Well I took BOTH of the kids to the ENT doctor yesterday. They had the appointments scheduled and I was eager to get them in. I wasn’t eager to hear the words that came out of his mouth. First, Alex has already had 1 set of ear tubes, so we have a standing relationship with this doctor and he’s a very nice guy. I totally expected to wlk in there today and hear that he would like Alex to have another set of ear tubes. Let’s just say Alex has had ALOT of ear infections since he lost his last set of tubes. And being he’s allergic to penicillin I didn’t honestly think we’d walk out without the recommendation. So we talk about Alex and he has a hearing test.  He did fairly well on it. The left ear ws not as great as they would have liked, but it was okay… So he recommended not only another set of ear tubes, but also an Adenoidectomy for Alex. He’s had too many ear infections and I am concerned that he may start to suffer hearing loss from them. *sigh* so I want to get things under control. Next up was Mariah. I guess that was the shocker for me. I wasn’t prepared to hear what came next. He recommended a Tonsillectomy for her. Now this one can be waited on however, we have to consider JUST last year for her. JUST last winter she missed 8 days of school because of strep throat. All positive cultures right away. The school actually asked us to see a doctor about it, but I mentioned it to her pediatrician, who also thought it was way too many times… She had it 8 times last winter. She had it 6 times the winter before that. As a child I suffered from it alot, as did my mother. So I shouldn’t be SOOOO shocked, but she’s always been my healthy child, other then strep throat. Her recovery time is about 10 days and Alex’s is about 5 days. They said for sanity purposes of me and the family it would be easiest to do them the same day! So they are both scheduled on July 16th at 8:00am and 8:30am… I am so worried. BOTH of my babies in SURGERY the SAME day!!

On another note… I never EVER talk about this hear because I vowed not too, but I wanted to make a little announcement here… I am officially retiring from designing. This decision was HARD to make, but it’s the right one and you know it’s right, when deep down it feels right!! I will still be on my “teams” though!! *wink* Okay that’s all I have for now… I’m hungry!! Off to eat….

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