Logan's craniofacial visit

What a great visit! When we saw the ENT in August, it was SO disappointing! We were told that Logan had no hearing issue, that the audiology report was flawed, that his balance issues had no relation to the fluid in his ears, and that if, by some strange chance he really did have a hearing issue our only remedy was to "have him sit in the front of the class." OY! Anyway, I talked to our nursing care coordinator and requested that we be able to see the other ENT from that point forward. Good choice!

Logan started the morning with another hearing test. He failed again with nearly matching results. That was a relief--we weren't imagining the issues. Then we saw the new ENT. AMAZING!! After looking Logan over and reviewing his audiology report, it was recommended that we consider doing ear tubes. The hope is that it will help his hearing issues since the audiology report shows a mixed loss. If it doesn't work, then we'll take him back for a CAT scan of his ears and proceed with hearing amplification for him. Praise God! We are so grateful--a doctor who listened to us and believes that we do, in fact, have an issue that can be easily addressed. Our greatest hope is that one of these options will unlock more language learning for him!!

We also saw the craniofacial pediatrican, the speech language pathologist, and the plastic surgeon. All the visits were successful and it is so nice to see Logan with new eyes. Seeing their delight in his progress makes the painfully slow steps he seems to be taking so much easier to take. All the tests and evaluations point to excellent progress and no need to be seen for at least 6 more months. They agreed that his speech therapy seemed to be very effective, and that we should just continue doing what we're doing. Everyone agreed that the ear tubes or hearing amplification should accelerate his progress significantly and are looking forward to seeing him post-surgery. And so we're done with the Craniofacial Clinic for a bit, but we do have a minor outpatient surgery coming up.

Two days ago, I got a call from the ENT's scheduler, and they will fit Logan on the surgery schedule for January 6! Only two more weeks then our baby may be able to hear better. We can't wait! What a great Christmas present...