Did you say something? April 17, 2007

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Here we arrive at the surgery center. It is early and Brinson has not had anything to eat or drink since mommy set the alarm to nurse him at 145am...so far so good! The pacifier has kept him at bay for now. Daddy is the go to guy for the morning since Brinson will get upset wanting to nurse with mommy. Both my boys are doing a great job! Brinson is having tubes put in since he has had an ear infection since Thanksgiving that comes and goes but the Biggest indicator that was undetected for months was the results of a tympanogram. Most people don't know to check this kind of thing. I set Brinson up with his ENT and an Audiologist. The Audiologist did the test that measures middle ear function which basically checks how well the 3 middle ear bones are responding to sound movement. The first test showed middle ear fluid with some movement which looks like a small peaked hill on the chart. The next time he had it, there was hardly any movement at all. He was to have the surgery April 3rd but we were on our goodwill tour. So he is having it done on the 17th. The surgery went well. Dr. Fox said Brinson was most likely not able to hear hardly at all near the end of all this mess. She said he had a thick mucous build up in both ears. She also said he may startle to sounds he hadn't previously until he gets used to hearing again. WOW. Thank God mommy had some good instincts and a background in a related field.

Brinson decided he would hibernate after having the surgery. He was worn out!