Logan UPDATE!

My last post about my son was and still is very personal. I expressed feelings that I hadn't necessiraly expressed to many, but like I wrote there it helps me to talk about it. So I figured I could keep some sort of "journal" about his progress and his care on here. 

 

Last time I touched based on how he already has a speech therapist. We're waiting to hear back from insurance on approval for therapy 3 times a week. On Tuesday we had an ENT appointment for a hearing test. Logan failed. He has moderate hearing loss. I was told that in order for him to hear things have to be louder. The ENT doctor took a look at him and said there is minimum ear drum movement due to fluid and an infection that seems like it's been ongoing, but undiscovered. She did an ear irrigation to clean out all the wax, and decided that surgery for ear tubes was necessary to attempt getting his hearing back to normal. 

Because the infection and fluid seem to have been undiscovered for quite some time we're not sure if his "hearing loss" is the cause of his speech delay or if his ear drum is damaged. We don't even know if it all has caused the damage. The tubes will stay in for a year. Four weeks after surgery his hearing will be retested. If normal he will continue to do his speech therapy and we will observe his behavior changes. If despite all this he is still doing the things I mentioned or if he regresses in any way we will be furthering his evaluations. 

No matter how "simple" any surgery is there are still risks and this is my baby we're talking about. Of course I'm scared for him. I'm worried, and I wish I could take his place. Surgery is set for September 9th the time is still unknown as it's a surgery center doing it and patients are scheduled by age. 

Since his ear irrigation I have seen some improvement in how quickly he responds to his name. It takes me less Logan's to get him to respond. He understands when I say sit if I hand motion him to sit, and he understand no if I shake my head.

Next update on him will be after surgery. Xoxo