Pediatrician
At the beginning of November, Vincent went to his check up with his pediatrician. I thought this would have been his last appointment with her and she would release him as a patient. Since the only thing previously missing for her to release him was him walking. Well sadly, this didn’t happen. Vincent has been constipated. I thought it was just a minor problem, but it was worse. His pediatrician advised us to start giving him powdered laxatives in his drink. We were to give him it every day. We were advised it might take weeks to months for it to be resolved. At the appointment, Vincent weighed 31lbs 6oz and was 33 inches tall. He also meets all of the milestones. The pediatrician decided to see him again in six months. The reasoning, is she wants to see what the results of his next ENT appointment, hearing test, urology and his next physio appointment.
Hearing test
Vincent had a hearing test on November 26th. They started the appointment by testing out the congestion in his ears and see if his ear drums react to sounds. One of his ears still have a lot of congestion (liquid). Also, his ear drums do react to sound, which is good. The hearing part of the test went well. Vincent can hear very well. Usually, they give the toddler a toy to play with and see if he reacts to sound. This didn’t work for Vincent. He was more interested in playing with the toy then listening for the sounds. Halfway through the hearing test, Vincent was done. He was trying to get down and was saying “done”. Overall the hearing test went well. Vincent passed.
ENT
This appointment didn’t go as planned. He still has a lot of congestion which means he will most likely need tubes. She is also pretty sure he has big adenoids. Vincent will most likely need tubes in his ears, during the surgery they would go look at his adenoids. During the appointment, the ENT was asking questions on how Vincent speaks, and breaths. This is when I realize when Vincent speaks more than one word his voice becomes raspy. If this continues, they will need to scope his sinuses and go look at his vocal cords. I need to keep taking videos of Vincent when he speaks. We are to continue his Nasonex the next five months. We will stop the last month before his next appointment in the next six months. We will not be making a decision about tubes in his ears for another six months as he is speaking very well. They rather wait for flu season to be over.
Since that appointment, I have received a call from Vincent’s pediatrician. She got the results from ENT and wants to see Vincent. He will be seeing her on January 10th.
