Today was a sweet Valentine's Day with our little valentine. Her grandparents loaded her down with "stuff", so she had a really good day. :)
We went to the ENT yesterday afternoon and he recommended that we go ahead with tubes now instead of waiting for her palette surgery. Her appt. at the Cleft Clinic with the Cleft Team is April 16, and the ENT said that it would probably be late May to early June before her palette surgery could be done. So, even though it's another anethesia, he said that if it were his child, he would go ahead and get the tubes now. That was confirmation for us, because her Internat'l Adoption Dr. at UAB said the same thing. Her language is already delayed due to the cleft, and it will be even more delayed if we wait because her hearing is impaired due to all of the fluid in her ears. Once the fluid is draining and she can hear well, her language will improve. On a positive note, her hearing was not as impaired as the doctor thought it would be with the amount of fluid that she has. We were thankful for that. Yesterday was our first experience with Children's Hospital, and we were SO impressed. As of now, Bethany has been blessed with very good and very kind doctors - from her local pediatrician, to the staff and UAB and Children's in NO - it makes us feel better that she's being treated by people who care about her. Oh, and her tube surgery is Monday, March 5.
Guess that's about all for tonight - just wanted to send a short post and some pics from the last day or so.
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I am so glad you have good docs. That's half the battle. I have heard that the tube surgery is pretty routine now. I am excited for what it will mean to her language development.
ReplyDeleteAnna Grace is so advanced in many ways, but I believe that her language skills are slightly delayed. Our social worker thinks it's because we are so attentive to her needs that she doesn't have to talk. I am trying to back off a bit, but we're not where I think we need to be. I used to worry about it, but not anymore. She is strong-willed and does things in her own time.
I absolutely love seeing her pictures. I check you blog several times each day just in case. I will e-mail you the dates for my spring break later. Maybe we can do a Friday park date. Eddie will be off, too and we can picnic at the pavilion and let the girls play.