Friday, July 11, 2014
Kaylee - ear update
Kaylee's CT scan was this past Tuesday and this morning we met with the ENT again to review and discuss the results. In a nutshell,
her CT scan was to show if Kaylee's conductive hearing loss is from an extra
flap of skin in her ear or due to a bone not working/moving correctly. There's
no skin flap and it was determined that it has to be the bone. The ENT can do surgery on it or Kaylee can get a hearing aid. There is no advantage or
disadvantage to having the surgery now v. later - it would likely be a one time surgery where they'd go in and repair or replace the (teeny tiny)
bone and it would correct her hearing forever. There is also a very small chance that the surgery would work, but the repair/replacement would not work forever and they'd have to redo the surgery. There is also a
1% chance that she'd completely lose hearing in that ear forever. 1 little percent, but 1 percent. For now we decided to go the hearing
aid route (she actually seems to really want one) and will let her
decide when/if she wants to have the surgery. Thank you for your
continued prayers for Kaylee and for all of us. :)
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