Just a little sore

Bella had ear surgery on Tuesday. She was born with little pits at the top of her ears, and for the past year they have been infected. So we elected to have them removed. We also did a hearing test while she was under anesthesia. So we were at the hospital bright and early Tuesday morning, 6 am.

The hearing test came back with results showing slight hearing loss in the right ear, and moderate hearing loss in the left ear. Although at this point, we still can't tell if that is because she actually has hearing loss, or because she constantly gets ear infections. The audiologist explained to us that hearing for Bella would be similar to being under water. So we are going to have to be more aggressive in treating the ear infections, and then at some point do a repeat hearing test.

The surgery went alright, although it took longer than expected, being that the pits and canals that were being removed were infected, and therefore inflamed. In fact a mother in the waiting room was telling other people they had waited in the pre-surgery room for quite awhile as their doctor was behind due to complications with a current patient. I had a feeling that she was talking about Bella being the complication. And of course she was. Pretty typical for us, anytime it has to do with Bella, Bella is always the exception, and things always take longer for her.

But one day after surgery things seem to pretty much be back to normal. We are just hoping she is able to sleep through the night tonight.