Aiden's Ear Check-up

Aiden had a follow-up appt. today with his ear doctor, Dr. Evans, at Sacramento Ear Nose & Throat (ENT). He had ear tubes put in his ears in August of last year, as well as getting his tonsils & adenoids removed, so this was another check-up just to see how he was doing.

The appointment went well! When we first got there, one of the nurses gave Aiden a set of Elmo stickers. He was talking to everyone! He was saying "hello" to all the nurses. It was so cute! They just loved him. Who wouldn't? :)

We got called back there. Aiden was talking to the nurse that called us back there and just running all over the place. She was laughing and i told her, "wow, he is definitely talking WAY more than the last time we were here." :) We went into the room and the doctor came in to check his ears. I told him that Aiden had a fever on Wednesday and was complaining about his ears hurting but seemed to be fine now. He checked both of his ears and said, "His ears look perfect!" He asked if they had given him a hearing test yet and i said no, so he wanted to do a hearing test just to see how he is doing with his hearing.

We went back out to the lobby to wait for them to call us back again. He kept saying, "I go back to Suzy's." Aunt Suzy is babysitting him today since her house is close to the dr. so he knew i was taking him back there when we were done with the appt. LOL! :) Aiden was going around the whole waiting room & was just being a show-off for some other patients that were there. He was just being so silly. They were laughing at him. He started befriending this elderly man was there too. It was so cute. He was loving that. :)

We went back for the hearing test. At first they tried to get him to put on some headphones so they could talk to him through the headphones & see how well his ears are responding. He was NOT having it. So, they decided to try something different. They showed some cartoons on the TV screens and some sounds were coming out of the speakers that were in this small room where they do the hearing tests. He did really well! He was responding really fast to the different noises & frequencies. :) They tried another test where they put these small foam tips in his ears and connected it to a machine that detects how well he is hearing things in each ear, but they were only able to do the left ear accurately. He was squirming around ALOT and did not want those things in his ears! They decided that was the best we were going to get. The nurse said that from what they got, he is responding well and his hearing is where it should be for speech. :) YAY!! They said we can get more accurate tests as he gets older and will want to cooperate more. :) They gave him a Thomas the Train sticker for trying. :) I am not worried about it though, i am sure he is fine. As much as he was talking to everyone, there is no doubt! :) The doctor heard him talk too and was very happy to hear that. :)

The doctor pulled us back in one of the patient rooms and showed us the test results and he said everything looks good. We'll go back in 6 months for another check-up. :)

Aiden is definitely coming out of his shell! I was surprised at how social he was being with everyone. He said "bye bye" to everyone. LOL! I am so proud of him. :)