ENT update

I took Matthew to his ENT this afternoon to have his ears checked. Both tubes are officially out of the eardrum and both eardrums are healed completely, so that is good! However, both tubes are still in the ear canal and will hopefully wok their way out in the next few months. The goal is to work out enough so the doctor can use his tools and dig them out the rest of the way. Matthew' s left eardrum looks great and they are not worried about it at all. His right eardrum is another story though. It has fluid around it again and he could very well get an infection in the near future. He had a hearing test on that ear to see how the sound waves were bouncing off his eardrum. His eardrum is still quite flat, which is not what they want to see. We go back in two months and hopefully then he will be able to take the tubes out and we can talk about what happens next. If his eardrum continues to collect fluid like it is doing now, he will have to have the tubes put back in, which we are completely fine with. It is very comforting to know that Matthew got his tubes first put in on April 18, 2008. He has not had an ear infection since that day, so while they were in the were doing their job.

In other news, Matthew started swimming lessons this week and absolutely LOVES it! He is like a fish and hates to get out of the pool. He is even brave enough to jump off the edge to my arms! That really shocked me as well as our swim teacher. We will continue with lessons next week too and then be done for the summer. Ryan will be going to swimming lessons tomorrow to take some pictures, so check back soon for some fun pictures!