So today Cainan had his hearing test so that he could get his tubes placed in his ears. It was a waste of time for the most part, but now it is done, and we can move on. They did check and he still has fluid in his ears despite three rounds of antibiotics. Big surprise. They did the tympanogram which shows if there is ear drum movement - nothing. Too much fluid in the ears. Again - no surprise. Then they did try to do the play audio test with him, but he was more interested in fish crackers than in paying attention. He did turn every time the audiologist spoke to him - and did it correctly, but when she spoke softly, he didn't hear her. She said he seems to have about a 30% hearing loss in both ears, but with the tubes and fluid coming out of his ears, he should regain that. He will be retested again after he has the tubes placed. My ENT doctor wasn't in the office today, but her office staff will give her the results from today, and I should hear from her tomorrow. Then hopefully we can get the surgery scheduled. I am hoping we can do it before his lip surgery, but I am not that hopeful. It is outpatient, but we would have to squeeze it in mid week next week. So we will see.
Otherwise, we had a nice day. Cainan and I played a lot today. He is a funny guy. He learned to nod "yes". He catches on quickly, and loves to repeat what we do. Finley is walking solidly now, and doesn't crawl at all anymore - not even at school. And Arlington's teacher told us today that they are talking about families around the world today and read a story about that. She said they got to the part of the story where the family was from China and Arlington jumped up and said, "My brother is from China!". She was all excited. Too funny.
When we got home today we had a little surprise. A family friend had sent us a giant fortune cookie with a message of luck for our family. It was really cool! I took a picture of it and put it in the slideshow below. Thank you to the Morfords for the delicious treat!
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