Lily went to the Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist yesterday morning. The dr. diagnosis is "Middle Ear Effusion". She is not a candidate for "tubes"; at the moment. The good news is the ears are not infected (right now). The bad news, there is fluid in front of and behind the ear drums affecting her hearing and causing a mild to moderate hearing loss. An audiologist ran some test that showed little to no movement of the ear drum when hit by sounds.When I heard that my heart sunk! But the Dr. reassured me its not permanent and not to worry. Because Lily will no longer be in daycare after this Friday he thinks that will give her the opportunity to be clear from most germs and allow the fluid to dry up on its own. Daycare isn't the cause but does compound the issue when the ears become infected. We go back in 6wks for a re-check. If by then there is still no change the symptoms will have been present long enough to proceed with "tubes". We go back on July 6th.
Lily now has 4 bottom teeth. No top yet. She is getting very anxious to walk. Last week she started using the push walker that her Aunt Sharon bought her. She yells at me if I don't let her go freely. She brought home a few battle wounds from school (bruises), trying for those first steps.
Acting her normal self thankfully!
Acting her normal self thankfully!