I am so excited for July 20th! In a little less than 2 weeks Jason is having a minor surgery to have tubes put in his ears and it seems odd, but I can't wait!
We had his pre-op appointment today and the doctor eased all my fears that go along with my little boy having surgery...
again... and really made us hopeful for great end results.
Jason turned 2 in May and still isn't talking. He can only clearly say Mama, Dada, yeah and no. That's about it. I know I'm not supposed to compare kids, but Josh was full on talking by age 2. I knew with the way Jason only grunts the sounds of words and gets so frustrated when he is trying to tell me what he wants that there was something off.
It took me a little while to take him to the doctor because I honestly just didn't want to know what they would say was wrong with him. I spent way too many hours researching it and read way too many articles about what "could" be wrong.
After finally seeing our pediatrician, an audiologist and an ear nose throat doctor we were told that Jason has partial hearing loss. He also has fluid behind both eardrums, which is making him ear as if his ears were plugged. That explained the speech issues! The doctors are confident that putting tubes in his ears will drain the fluid, which will cause him to hear better and soon after he'll be talking.
I've heard so many stories of kids just like Jason... grunting instead of speaking, easily frustrated, lots of colds, not sleeping well because of the pressure of the fluid, behavior issues, etc... and soon after the tubes were put in they were like a different child.
I can't wait to hear my little guy talk!! I've been having dreams that he can clearly talk and I am having conversations with him. I pray that there is no other issue and that getting the tubes put in his ears will be exactly what he needed.
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