Home from the hospital

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Jami's fine, but unhappy, sleepy, and dizzy. All at the same time. I can hear Michelle walking around upstairs, which means Jami's probably now in his bed asleep, or at least comatose in front of Blue's Clues.

Either prospect is fine.  Boyo is home, and the procedure went fine.  He woke from this visit much differently than the first time: frightened, angry, and hurting, he struggled mightily to remove the IV and escape the place until the nurse bribed him with a popcicle.  Well done, nurse, well done.

We'll see over the next few weeks how his behavior and speech will change.  It ought to be interesting.

Comments

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Ah, good....thanks for letting us know. Your last post worried me, though, I'm sure, not as much as you guys have been worrying!

We'll continue to keep you in our thoughts!

*hugs*

[mljm.livejournal.com]

It's very disconcerting to watch a child plaster his ear on the speaker of a very loud cd player just so he can hear the "minky (music)." Music and sounds are so much a part of his world that to see that be taken away from him broke my heart continuously.

Already he can hear better. He allowed the tv to be at a lower volume that it was before we left this morning. But as Wm said, it'll be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for the thoughts. You Christmas card came today! Thank you :)

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

Oh good! Wow, that was quick considering the weather conditions both here and there.

Poor little fella; it broke my heart to read that when William posted it. Here's hoping that the improvement is radical and permanent!

[mljm.livejournal.com]

We had help getting all this done this week. Monday was clear when we went to the dr and then today is clear until the storm moves in tonight.

While the dr was in Jami's ears he suctioned a lot of the junk and since the tubes allow for drainage he can already hear better. It will take time for the rest of the fluid to drain and for his hearing to return to normal, but it's already better than it was.

It's also amazing how quick the hearing loss happened. His ears were fine until the end of Oct when he burst that eardrum. We believe that was the time when the original tubes fell out and then everything filled up and couldn't drain. He's just been going to more extreme measures over the course of 7 weeks or so to deal with the hearing loss.