We were up early, early this morning to take Greta to the hospital. Our little girl has been hard of hearing for a long time. We first discovered it when she was 18 months old. Her pediatrician said that she had a lot of fluid in her ears, but it would clear up on its own. Fast-forward a year and it was only getting worse. When she failed her hearing test completely a couple weeks ago, we decided we weren’t going to wait any longer for it to clear up “on its own.” We took her in to see a specialist and he said she was hearing at underwater levels and has moderate to severe hearing loss. Our girl had even learned to read lips! Fortunately, he predicted that putting tubes in her ears should help significantly, so we took the first surgery slot that was open.<
I took a few minutes to try to explain to her that she was going to go to sleep for a little and then the doctor was going to fix her ears.
But, I mean, she is two. So really she just wanted to get back to her stickers and coloring.
But if you give a girl pop and a popsicle, chances are she’ll be better in no time.
We are home now and recovering–mostly Chris and I from sleeping 3ish hours last night. Greta? She has almost completely bounced back. C’mon. We couldn’t get one cuddle day?!
As a mommy of a little one that went through a similar journey that ended in tubs – this Dec. will be 1 year post surgery and his speech is much improved and he is going to see a speech therapist through the school district to help him ‘catch’ up on what he missed all those months he wasn’t hearing fully.
Post surgery, we let him wear a beanie that covered his ears around until he adjusted to how loud everything seems to him now. Maybe a cute headband can do the trick for you guys.
Some things still are *too loud*: dog barking, loud concerts, etc. but it’s amazing what two little pieces of plastic tubing has given him!
Good luck on your little girl’s recovery!
So happy to hear that Greta is doing better and that you decided to listen to your gut instead of that first doctor.
Yeah. I am so glad all went well. Love you guys.
So glad that she is doing well! She is absolutely adorable in her cute little hairdo! :)
So glad that it all went well. She is just so adorable!