We went for a hearing test that is recommended for cleft kids on Friday. It was a test that required sedation at the hospital. Andy's hearing at birth was normal. As of the test on friday, he has moderate hearing loss in both ears, he can not hear conversational speech. The audiologist told me he can only hear if you are talking directly in his ear.
Thankfully, she said that the nerve responsible for hearing was normal and she believes that if he gets tubes to relieve the fluid in his ears, he will regain all of his hearing. So now we are going to an ENT asap. Boy oh boy....more doctors appointments in downtown phoenix!
I was able to find out that his ear infection is gone, and he was a complete doll at the hospital. He is such a mellow guy...he hams it up with the doctors and nurses to the extreme!
We'll post on a surgery date when we get it...
Karen

Hi All!

We are back from our big adventure to St. Louis. We had a great time, got to hang out with all the family, go to playoff baseball games (GO CARDINALS) and catch and spread the family germs. Yup, we all got sick, and Andy and Katie now have resulting ear infections. I guess you pay when you party too much!

Just wanted to get a quick pic, I ll post more from our trip later!

Karen

Drumroll please....
Finally the nose tubes are out! He still has a sensitive nose and upper lip but thankfully I dont have to poke around to clean them as much now!

What a handsome boy! His little nose is definately lopsided-I am imagning we will need a revision to make it pretty. But the change truly is amazing considering where his nose was before the surgery!

Not much energy tonight, just wanted to get a picture posted for all of you Andy-addicts....
Karen