Next week is an exciting week for us and friends.
On Monday our friends found out next Wednesday they leave for China to FINALLY bring home their baby girl and we are so excited for them, I had to blog about it. God is good and he is lining things up nicely for them. What a blessing for our friend, Stacee, she gets to spend mothers day with ALL THREE of her children.
Yesterday we finally heard from Alexander's doctor, they have schedules his surgery for Wednesday as well. What an exciting day all around. Most people wouldn't be excited for their child to have surgery. While I hate having my children go under the knife, it is exciting because Alexander will be able to HEAR again! This is something we look forward to because its such a simple thing we all take advantage of! We feel very blessed the doctors can fix his hearing.
So the plan is for the doctors to go in, remove the tubes and replace them with a brand new pair! YAY! The procedure is SUPER quick and the recovery time is only a few hours.
Prayers for safe travels to the Hurst Family and for a safe surgery for Xander!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Xander's ears
So for those of you who follow this...
Here is an update on our little man.
Mom and I have noticed Alexander was beginning to lose parts of words he once said and with all the troubles of Xander's ears we decided it was time for a trip to the ENT again.
We took him in last week feeling hopeful he would pass his hearing test. However, shortly into his test we realized he wasn't passing with flying colors like the last one. This is what we suspected, but had hoped we were wrong. He is basically where he was before his surgery last year. The only difference this time is even with his hearing loss, he can hear a lot more because he knows what the words sound like. Where as last year he didn't know what any of the sounds were, he had no prior acknowledgment of them. This year they were also able to test his ears individually so we now know he is able to hear in one ear better than the other. This may carry into adult life, but we are hopeful and trust in the grace of God he will grow out of this!
The plan is to go in for surgery once more. This surgery will be just a bit longer than the last since they will be removing his old set of tubes (which are not functioning) and place new tubes in so the drum of the ear will vibrate again. Luckily Xander's hearing loss is only temporary and can be fixed. We see this as a blessing because it could be so much worse.
For now, we sit patiently waiting for the Surgery Schedule to contact the insurance company and give us a call with a time and date.
Again we appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers for Xander!
Here is an update on our little man.
Mom and I have noticed Alexander was beginning to lose parts of words he once said and with all the troubles of Xander's ears we decided it was time for a trip to the ENT again.
We took him in last week feeling hopeful he would pass his hearing test. However, shortly into his test we realized he wasn't passing with flying colors like the last one. This is what we suspected, but had hoped we were wrong. He is basically where he was before his surgery last year. The only difference this time is even with his hearing loss, he can hear a lot more because he knows what the words sound like. Where as last year he didn't know what any of the sounds were, he had no prior acknowledgment of them. This year they were also able to test his ears individually so we now know he is able to hear in one ear better than the other. This may carry into adult life, but we are hopeful and trust in the grace of God he will grow out of this!
The plan is to go in for surgery once more. This surgery will be just a bit longer than the last since they will be removing his old set of tubes (which are not functioning) and place new tubes in so the drum of the ear will vibrate again. Luckily Xander's hearing loss is only temporary and can be fixed. We see this as a blessing because it could be so much worse.
For now, we sit patiently waiting for the Surgery Schedule to contact the insurance company and give us a call with a time and date.
Again we appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers for Xander!
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