This poor girl had to get tubes in her ears and her adenoids removed. She was very brave, and everything went well. She started not being able to hear very much in December. When I took her to the doctor, they said the her ear drum was so swollen it was amazing she could hear anything and wasn't in pain all the time. She didn't say it hurt at all. So, after several months of trying to control the infections, we went to the ENT. He said her adenoid were probably blocking the tube, so it couldn't drain. She failed a hearing test in both ears. Awesome.
Surgery took care of her ears. The doctor said that the adenoids were all kinds of swollen and pussy. Definitely needed to come out. The anesthesiologist was great to get her distracted by starting the rocket ship. Nora pushed the buttons, and then had to blow in her mask to make the ship take off. She blew really hard, and within seconds she was out. The procedure took about 10 minutes, and then she was waking up and ready to be held by mom. She came away with tubes in her ears, no adenoids, a little gray elephant (Ellie) and a gold dollar from the Tonsil Fairy. It's always a little scary to have to put a little one through something like this, but Nora was a champ, and we haven't had a problem since.
