Prayers for Chloe

Chloe had an ENT appointment due to recurring ear infections. She has had five in the past twelve months. We met with Dr. Gottlieb and he recommended an adenoidectomy and tubes in both ears. She has so much fluid in her right ear that she didn't respond to any stimuli during the hearing test. That was very disconserting, but the audiologist assured me that we should have a different result three weeks after surgery when they perform another hearing test.

We had a feeling that we would be traveling this road with at least one if not both of our kids since I had the same procedure when I was younger and Lorne had tubes twice. It's just that she's so young, and she's my baby! I've been doing lots of praying!

Her surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. We have a pre-op appointment on Monday morning. They will inform us as to when to arrive Tuesday morning. Dr. Gottlieb said that they would give her something to make her feel drunk so that they could take her away from me without a fight. I immediately asked what he could give me. His response was that rum works well. It sounds like he has a sense of humor!

He was referred to us by Dr. Darrow. I actually took Chloe to see her because she has had a few random red bumps on her legs since last Saturday. I wanted her to lay her eyes on Chloe and assure me that she would be okay for surgery. I think that I was secretly hoping she'd say that we have to wait. I just keep telling myself that Chloe is in pain so we need to have the surgery performed.

It made me feel better knowing that Dr. Darrow's nurse Karen is actually a patient of Dr. Gottlieb and he actually performed the same procedure on her grandson. Dr. Gottlieb said that they do this surgery on children as young as three months, but he's never done anything to my kids, so that's the difference!

I will keep everyone posted as to the time of the surgery when we find out Monday. I will also try to post Tuesday to report how we're doing.