to catch you up...Ashley's ENT check up

12.13.11
Ashley had a check up with her ENT doctor. We have battled multiple ear infections since about September. She's been on at least 3 rounds of antibiotics in the last 3.5 months! At Ashley's one year check up, Dr. Newlin recommended we go back and visit with our ENT for two reasons, one to have her laryngomalacia checked and see if she is making any/good progress, and two to have her ears checked and get his opinion on whether or not tubes were needed.
At the appointment with Dr. Regehr he did the scope with the camera in her nose and she HATED it! She screamed the whole time, Nate was holding her and it made it worse to watch rather than hold her. Dr. said her larynx still was very small and she most likely will not grow out of this for a few more years! He also said she still had fluid in her ears. We had mentioned to him that she was doing really well developmentally and seemed to be right on track, but that she still wasn't really babbling much. He sent us over to have a hearing test done and she didn't pass! I asked the doctor if she could hear some, but that it may just sound muffled, he said she did not pass on any of the decibel levels! So, he recommended doing tubes in her ears as well as removing her adenoids. He noticed when he did the scope that her adenoids were swollen. He thought it would be beneficial to remove those at the same time as well. He thought that doing this might help a bit with her noise too. Because of her laryngomalacia the surgery was scheduled at a hospital rather than a surgery center. But, the doctor anticipated that she would go home a few hours after surgery. He just takes an extra precaution with all patients with her condition. So, we set up the surgery for Jan 6 at Via Christi St. Francis. We are excited to see if the tubes will make a difference in her hearing and if she starts to babble more. The doctor thought that they only reason she didn't pass the hearing test was the fluid. He didn't expect there to be another issue.
He also recommended that we start back up on the acid reflux medicine. I had taken Ashley off of it myself (like I know anything) :)  back in the summer because I thought she was doing better. But, he apparently saw some redness/irritation when he did the scope I guess and thought it would be best to start it back up. So, we will follow doctors orders.   :)