Last Thursday we saw Dr. Bauer for Sallie's post-op. It is really wait and see now. He wanted to take her into the procedure rm to get her more accustomed to that and not so nervous in hopes that we can move toward cleaning the inside of the ears more often in clinic. He was not surprised that she was still sick and said it was probably a combination of issues which all would take time. He said the sponges he had placed in her ear the day of surgery could be creating some pressure and contributing to the sickness. He removed those as planned. He also blew some powder in there to aid with healing.
He said to us, "if I did not make it really clear on the day of surgery I want you to know that it was really good that we were in that ear when we were because we were about to have major issues from the growths". Yes we already knew this. Yes we had acknowledged it as a blessing but I was glad he brought it back to our attention. I think we had been so busy taking care of her that we had failed to completely acknowledge how big this was. Our initial goal was to do this surgery in March. I never liked the idea of January. It is right after the holidays, there is always so much sickness, etc. When we asked for insurance approval we asked for January-March because there are many issues to work through as far as timing so we asked for a larger window. The approval came back for only Jan. and Feb. When we talked to Dr. B he could only do 2 days during that time. A had already planned to be in Africa during 2 wks of Feb so Jan 7th ended up being the only date. I really was not happy with this date BUT we accepted it as when it needed to be. We had no idea! What would have happened had it worked for us to wait? I am not sure. However, we give our God the credit for the timing! I asked how he felt about them coming back and he said he had done A LOT to keep this from happening and that he was able to be very aggressive since he was destroying what hearing she had and implanting anyway. So, he was very hopeful.
I am happy to report no V word since! She was able to go to church yesterday morning which wiped her out so she and I stayed in last night. I prepared her for going to school this morning which she accepted well!
This morning as I was helping her get dressed for school I noticed that something was on the outside of her that came from inside... This may be totally gross for some of you but you gotta do what you gotta do. We examined it closely and it appears fibrous. We can also see that there is more of whatever it is. We really have no idea! We called Dr. B's nurse. He was in surgery which we knew but she sent him a txt and he wants us to bring her in tomorrow. Please pray this is nothing major... God knows and He knows every detail! The same God who knew the exact time she needed surgery knows every detail of what is going on right now and we rest in that.
She was able to go to school today until lunch. She is tired! She is resting now but brought home lots of makeup work so we have to get busy!
This pic was from last wk when we went to the Dr. We were so excited to be out of the house!
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