Update on Little t

Little t had his appointment with the ENT today. Backtrack to about 4 weeks ago. He had all but stopped talking in his therapy sessions and we were noticing him being painfully quiet at home too. His therapists spoke with me about it each week, prodding and asking what I thought may be the change. We all put our heads together and came up with a common denominator..his ears. He had just recently been hitting at his Left ear and turning the tv up louder than usual, he was not responding to things that he normally did and was not talking, at all. So, today. We get him into the ENT, this man was FABULOUS. They checked both ears, and sure enough, the Left ear, the one that he has seemed aggitated with, was full of fluid. The Right ear was full of wax. The Doctor wants us to give it 3 weeks, normally, with typical children they will do a trial up to 8 weeks to see if the fluid dissapears, but, with his diagnosis, we don't want to delay him anymore. He asked to see us back in October. IF there is still fluid, we will put tubes in his ears. IF they died out, they will go forward with the hearing test. He couldn't perform the test since it would have to be a special test, and with the fluid on his ear, he would fail. He was also not surprised that he has been quiet, "try putting your head under water sometime and have your daughter talk to you...see how much you hear." It would explain a lot. We have taken him in to his Primary for ear issues and they never seem worried, never really looked in there, just peeked and said how they didn't look red. I am starting to think that this may have been going on for sometime. I will keep you all updated, for now, we are just doing the drops, ear wax removal drops and peroxide to dry it out...wish us luck!!!