Update for you on EARS

Yes, ears - both boys had appointments this morning on their ears. I'll start with the good news, Noah's hearing is great right now! Noah went to Boys Town for a full hearing test and to see the ENT doc today (thanks to Sara for keeping Josh so I didn't have to juggle them both). Other than being a little rambunctious Noah did great. We're still waiting for his speech evaluation (hopefully by the end of the month) though as he's getting new words but still struggling some. He'll follow up in 3 months with the ENT doctor to check on his tubes and also to make sure that the wax build up from a few weeks ago hasn't returned.
Now Josh had an earlier appointment on base with Dr. Toth. We saw a resident working with him at first, who was pretty good. There is still fluid on both of his ears though. Dr. Toth came in and checked things out more, we talked about what the fluid could mean if it stays over time (hearing loss because of the fluid and the need for tubes possibly - yep we've been there, done that, different kid though). So we have to make a follow up with Dr. Toth in a month - we'll evaluate what's going on at that point and see where we need to go. They got a base line reading from today of the pressure in his ears so we can compare that. It was nice that Josh's hearing and health seemed to be the most important thing to the doctors today, that they weren't just going to let it go and hope for the best. We have a plan of action for right now. I was also told this could be the reason he isn't the best sleeper (great, could we please solve this before Mike leaves again, pretty please?). Of course, it also means that he could have an ear infection come on at any time since the fluid is just sitting there at the moment (they are not infected right now), so we'll keep a close eye on his temp and if we have a low grade fever even for just a day or two I'm taking him back in. This time we're going to do our best to stay on top of the ear infections.
So that's it, the boys are both napping (ahh, peace and quiet) and I'm getting stuff prepped for our MOPS retreat this weekend, we'll leave to go get Mike in a bit, then have dinner and I'm off for a meal swap - yummy stuff to stock the freezer some more!