Ear Tubes Round 2

Cohen’s first set of ear tubes did the trick and he was great for 3.5 years. We noticed he was saying “What?” to us a lot. It got so frustrating that we figured we needed to check out his ears. He passed the hearing test at his annual check up in August. No issue with the hearing screening at school. And his teacher said she didn’t notice anything and he was doing amazing in school. Going into the appointment we kept second guessing ourselves but it had been several months that we just dealt with it and if we got so frustrated with hearing the “What?” from him we figured we needed to just go and see. Sure enough he had the same problem as before. Mild hearing loss due to fluid build up. So it was back to the hospital on December 13th for a second set of ear tubes as well as removal of the adenoids to help prevent needing any further sets of tubes. This time was so different from the first. He wasn’t struggling to learn. He was actually thriving. So the only real hope we had from the surgery was to hear “What?” less frequent. He handled everything like a champ. He played on his tablet and played with his new special figurines before being wheeled away. But before he went he gave me a loopy thumbs up :) Upon his return he was happy yet tired. He tried a popsicle but didn’t care to open his mouth that much just yet. Within the next hour he was acting like normal. He got a special ride out and we were home by lunchtime. He didn’t even have a problem eating lunch although his throat was expected to be a little sore. The end result of the surgery, I no longer cringe when I hear “What?”