Ears
Just before Christmas we went to The Children's Hospital for two appointments. Thankfully she didn't have to miss school since she has already had to miss school a few times for Denver appointments and it seems there are more in our future.
One for testing to see how she is learning,etc. So far, still no report in the mail but I just called them and left a message asking if they were done with it yet so I can let her teachers know how to help her better with learning. For example, the doctor said right off that she learns better verbally than visually. That is pretty important for the teachers to know. Hopefully we get the report soon.
The second appointment was for her hearing. We JUST found out that with Turner Syndrome, should be getting their hearing checked once a year. Nice to just find out almost 6 years after she is born and diagnosed. She passed her newborn testing and then again at age 2. (I'm pretty sure her last official one was at 2 yrs old). Besides times where she just doesn't want to listen to me, I thought her hearing was pretty good. Turns out, maybe not. She gets at least two double ear infections per year. Figured that since Turner Syndrome is more prone to getting them. She just got over a double ear infection about 2-3 weeks before her testing at the Children's Hospital. The lady said there was a little fluid in her ear but her inner hearing was fine. She told us it could just be left over from her ear infection and told us to make an appointment with our Pediatrician and see if there was fluid still in her ear. Her appointment was this morning. He said there was still some fluid in her ear but couldn't really tell in the other ear. We are being referred to an ENT (ear, nose throat) doctor here in town so they can do more testing. After that, we have to head back to Denver for them to check it again. I am sure the worst case, she might have to have tubes in her ears. Could be worse but I hope she doesn't have to have them. Poor kid and all these appointments.
That's all for now!
One for testing to see how she is learning,etc. So far, still no report in the mail but I just called them and left a message asking if they were done with it yet so I can let her teachers know how to help her better with learning. For example, the doctor said right off that she learns better verbally than visually. That is pretty important for the teachers to know. Hopefully we get the report soon.
The second appointment was for her hearing. We JUST found out that with Turner Syndrome, should be getting their hearing checked once a year. Nice to just find out almost 6 years after she is born and diagnosed. She passed her newborn testing and then again at age 2. (I'm pretty sure her last official one was at 2 yrs old). Besides times where she just doesn't want to listen to me, I thought her hearing was pretty good. Turns out, maybe not. She gets at least two double ear infections per year. Figured that since Turner Syndrome is more prone to getting them. She just got over a double ear infection about 2-3 weeks before her testing at the Children's Hospital. The lady said there was a little fluid in her ear but her inner hearing was fine. She told us it could just be left over from her ear infection and told us to make an appointment with our Pediatrician and see if there was fluid still in her ear. Her appointment was this morning. He said there was still some fluid in her ear but couldn't really tell in the other ear. We are being referred to an ENT (ear, nose throat) doctor here in town so they can do more testing. After that, we have to head back to Denver for them to check it again. I am sure the worst case, she might have to have tubes in her ears. Could be worse but I hope she doesn't have to have them. Poor kid and all these appointments.
That's all for now!
posted by AmandaLFairbanks @ 11:13 AM
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