Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Seriously, I really want to blog more but Emi's doctors appointments are at the top of the priority list. Last Wednesday she had her ABR and CT Scan done. The nurses had a hard time finding her veins they were so small. I'm sure the fact that she couldn't have anything to eat or drink, therefore making her a little dehydrated also made it more difficult to find them. So the 1st stick didn't work to start the IV and so it took a 2nd one in the other arm which thankfully worked. The anesthesiologist came in and pushed some meds and she immediately went limp. They did the ABR and then the CT.

The results of the ABR were pretty much as we suspected. She is profoundly deaf in the right ear and severely deaf in the left. The good news is that her left ear is as it should be internally which will allow the ENT to place an ear tube which will help keep some of the fluid off of her ear drum which likely will make her hear better. This was found out with her CT Scan. However, she still will likely need a bone conductive hearing aid that will transmit sound through her skull behind the ear to the cochlea which will allow her to hear as well as anyone who doesn't have a hearing problem. She has qualified for the state's speech and hearing therapy programs which will allow us to do home therapy rather than have to go somewhere for it. This will be really nice as we do enough running around as it is.

Emilija's palate repair surgery is scheduled for Nov 11th. Unfortunately it was pushed so far back because we need several different doctors in there at once. The plastic surgeon that will actually do the repair, the dentist that will place the opterator, aka palatal prosthesis that will protect the roof of her mouth after it is repaired to help prevent the sutures from tearing or her playing with them with her tongue. It will also help her get used to having a closed roof in her mouth. And then hopefully the ENT will place her tube too so that she doesn't have to go under again.

Below is a photo of Emi taken while we were waiting in the carpool line at Eriks school last Thursday. I was trying to find things to keep her happy because about 30 minutes waiting gets pretty boring for her. I can text on my phone or play with my i*Touch so I'm happy.

My sister will be here very late this evening to visit and to go to a really awesome concert next Tuesday. I think we're going to go to the mountains in the NE part of the state this weekend in hopes of catching some fall color!