Mateo has been home for a month now and his recovery is going pretty well. He has been going to physical therapy every other week and we have made enough progress to only have to go once a month. Mateo went from only being able to walk 40 meters on the treadmill to walking 150 meters this week! At his age he should be able to walk 400 meters. So we will continue our exercises at home and hope to make more progress next month. Well, the doctor's appointments are coming and we have been busy with doctor's. Today we went to see the Audiologist and had Mateo's hearing retested, since they didn't get an accurate screening at the hospital. Not good news though, because their is more hearing loss then was first detected, to the point that Mateo cannot really hear out of his left ear and has so much hearing loss that he isn't a candidate for a hearing aid because of the amount of hearing loss. Plus, he has fluid in his ears (an ear infection and the Audiologist wants us to go to the ENT first before he can give us recommendations about Mateo's ears and what his treatment plan will be.) So we will have yet another appointment on Monday to the ENT and the Audiologist is pretty sure he will need another set of tubes and his adenoids re scrapped. (I am a little frustrated because this is what I tried to get the doctor's to do at Primary Children's (see an ENT) but they were in too much of a hurry to get us out of their.) On the other hand I am glad this doctor caught this and we will be able to resolve this for Mateo. This also answers Mateo's cold and particularity the last few days, an ear infection. I am thinking more and more that preschool isn't going to happen the rest of this year and my goal is to have things figured out for when we go back to Mississippi.
I also wanted to post a picture of our sweet boy, as he is looking and feeling much better!
4 comments:
How is his hearing in the right ear?
What a cute picture! We for one can't wait for the Byrds to be back in Vicksburg. But, of course what we wish for foremost is that the ENT gets you on track to the best plan for Mateo's hearing. Tell Mateo Will and Ann Elizabeth say hi!
Glad to hear that he is getting better. My brother's family has several kids with hearing problems. One wears a hearing aid. I know that tubes helped one of their kids hear better. Will he have to have speech therapy? Maybe it is a blessing to be here in Utah when this all happened. You are closer to family and have a few more options in doctors. I hope you get some good news at your doctor's visits!
I am so thrilled to hear he is back home and getting strong. You have been in my prayers and in my thoughts! I just finally got around to checking your blog. I am glad there was good news qaiting for me!
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