Karson is just about 20 months now and isn’t talking where he should be :( I’ve always wondered if he had fluid wrapped around his little ear drums where everything sounds muffled to him. I’ve talked to my doctor on many occasions about this, but he wanted to wait until he was a certain age to make sure we weren’t pushing it or anything, so I finally got my wish! Karson was referred to Dr. Spoto when he reached 18 months because he still wasn’t talking and making much conversation. Karson is filled with frustration because he can’t vocalize what he wants and often is whiny and overcome with anger because mommy and daddy don’t know what he needs or wants so he’s constantly pulling at us to go somewhere to show us what he wants :(
At Dr. Spoto’s office, they gave Karson a hearing test to see if he could pass a hearing test. I explained that I know he can hear since he follows our directions and does things we ask him and comes to us when we call him from the other room. They basically explained that the test would let us know if there was fluid way in the back of his ears where it could possibly hinder his hearing because everything was not as loud and things could sound muffled. That relieved me A LOT because my thoughts and feelings were beginning to feel validated! When they ran the test, they explained that the normal range of hearing is between a +50 to a –150. When the results came back, Karson’s right ear was a –250 and his left ear didn’t even register!! That is crazy to me!! So, because of this, they recommended tubes so that they can drain out that fluid and keep his ears clean and clear of fluid so that he may be able to finally “hear” at the range he should be. This all happened about a week and a half a part…VERY FAST!
We went into the hospital at 6:15 this morning and he was brought into surgery at 7:30. The procedure was fast and efficient, but since he was put under during that time, we had to wait after the surgery for him to recover and feel back to normal. He did really good except that he didn’t wake up from the anesthesia very well. He was very cranky and out of sorts when he woke up and needed much comfort! I felt bad for him and was upset because I couldn’t comfort him!! After we were in the recovery room for awhile, he woke up more and was able to eat some grahmmy’s and drank some juice so that the nurses knew he was well enough to leave. We packed up our things and left to go to grandma’s house to get Johnathon. There he put down some oatmeal and chocolate milk and became our Karson again.
I hope and pray that these tubes will help him gain the hearing he needs to start vocalizing and making conversations! You’re not supposed to compare children, but I can’t help but look at other children his age that are talking in full sentences and that are able to express their wants and needs…it pains me that Karson is not there yet, but we will see what is in store for him! Karson is also receiving speech therapy and Julie is not concerned with him. He is trying to imitate sounds and try to get his voice heard so that is a good sign! We’ll just have to wait and see how these tubes will do and we will continue to do everything we can to help our precious Karson!!
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