Isabelle Bentley

Scott stayed overnight with Izzie. She was struggling with being on room air so they threw a nasal cannula in. She got down to 74 without it. You want to be at 96 or above.  She got a bath this morning. She ate cheerios and yogurt but didn't want to drink anything really. Her oxygen levels were up to 99. Should be going home soon.  She is in a good mood and playing. Doesn't appear to be in too much pain.  She decided she REALLY wanted to feed herself and would not let me feed her.  We were released round noon to go home. 

Isabelle's ear tube surgery got canceled today due to congestion Reschedule tonsils, adenoids and tubes for February 20. 

Izzie had her ear tubes follow up. They checked her tubes and they look good. They did a test of them to make sure they weren't blocked by fluid or wax. They're not. They also did a few different hearing tests on her. In one, she was wiggling around too much so we need to repeat it in 3 months. In the other, we sat in a sound proof room and they played noises through speakers and talked to her through a microphone. She did not do well. At her EIT appointment yesterday they also noticed she doesn't respond to noises - she doesn't turned her head if you ring bells to one side of her, for example. However, if someone talks, she turns. However, she didn't really turn for quieter noises on her right ear. It's not definitive so we need to repeat. She's obviously not deaf but people with DS can have hearing loss so she may have slight hearing loss. Nothing I'm worried about.

Happy girl doesn't know she's about to go under for ear tubes. You're gonna do WHAT to me? The surgery took 20 minutes and she woke up fine, we cuddled and she ate. Then we headed out. The guy said her canals are very small and they were filled with fluid. Her right ear had thick fluid in it. She could hear but not very well. He got all the fluid out and placed the tubes in. So now she should hear everything pretty clearly.  We were right down the road from dad so we visited him at work and she was the star of the show!

This peanut had her pre-surgery appointment to get her ear tubes put in.