one step closer...
... to unlocking the mystery of Gray.Today we had another ENT visit with a different doctor. We were lucky because this doctor had just left Duke to go into private practice. (In other words, no annoying hospital BS.) After his exam, we have some more concrete answers:
1) He does NOT have a submucous cleft palate (YAY!!)
2) His bizarre earwax problem is so severe that the wax is impacted all the way to the eardrum, causing hearing loss
Apparently, the eardrum is supposed to vibrate or move or something, and although the tests done on his nerves all showed that they are working properly, his eardrums are not moving. They suspect this is from the overabundance of wax. (I was lucky because the dr. didn't ask me if I used Q-Tips in his ears; oh how I love me some Q-Tips! And Gray loves them, too. It is genetic. The wax, however, is DIRECTLY from his father's side of the family:-)
So next month, Gray is going to undergo SURGERY to remove the earwax. It is so bad that he has to be completely under in order for them to do it. I'm guessing the difference in his hearing is going to be pretty amazing after they roto-rooter his ears.
I told Mark I hope they save whatever they get out of there so I can see it. Think that request would freak them out?
posted by gretchen at 9/06/2006 07:37:00 PM
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You HAVE to get them to save the earwax! It will be the coolest, most disgusting thing ever, and should not be missed.
It sucks he has to actually have surgery, but I'm glad he's okay, and that it is something basically benign.
Bizarre, but benign:)
Sorry to hear you're going through this. You'll be amazed at what he wasn't hearing (or should I say HE'D be amazed). I had the same problems as a child. ALSO, my oldest son has had a tympanoplasty (fixing the eardrum from a hole left after his tubes. His tubes were put in at 28 months. His surgery, 8 years old! Crazy huh? )
IT'LL BE FINE, and you'll be happy with the results I'M SURE of it!
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