Today I took Ailyn for a hearing test. She had passed her NICU hearing test and her two follow ups. But, she is still not saying many words. She has been trying so hard to communicate with us. And, to be honest, I am sick of getting bit, scratched and pinched! She will get very physical with us. Pretty sure this is all out of frustration. I decided it wouldn't hurt to get her rechecked.
Over the past 3 months, Ailyn has had 4 ear infections. Her first one ruptured. We have been having to give her back to back antibiotics. Camden had tubes put in at 18 months, so we are well aware that Ailyn might have to get them too.
BUT! Ailyn also has large adenoids. She snores VERY loud! And, breaths with her mouth open. When Ailyn drinks her bottle, she sounds like she is very congested. It has been getting worse over the past month. We have seen the ENT and we have a sleep study scheduled.
The audiologist was able to do the test, which shocked me! Ailyn does not sit still for a second!! She sat very still on my lap. He said that Ailyn CAN hear in both ears BUT there is room for improvement. He looked in both ears and saw that both ears were red. Since Ailyn is on her 8th day of an antibiotic, he believes that the redness is not an infection but her adenoids causing the hearing loss.
Most likely the ENT will want to take her adenoids out and possibly put tubes in. The audiologist said we should see a huge improvement after surgery.
I got home and called out ENT right away and made the next available appointment. It's 2 weeks away :( but, at least I was able to get her in soon!!
I always want to "fix" Ailyn's challenges. It hurts me to see her struggle through all her milestones. Milestones that come very easy to an average child, come 10x harder for Ailyn. But, once she masters a milestone it's like she has been doing it forever.
So when I heard that we can "fix" Ailyn's issue today, I felt so happy that I help her master one more milestone!
