Hallelujah!

Before I post about Memorial Day Weekend (that seems like it should be a misnomer)--I have to post about Apollo's ENT appointment. We went to a different ENT--Dr. D--today to get a second opinion about Apollo's ears. Dr. D said his ears looked fine and didn't need surgery! His left tube has fallen out but everything looked o.k. He even backed up his opinion with a typanogram (which measures the pressure in his ear, which indicates the presence of fluid) and a hearing test given by an audiologist. He has some residual conductive hearing loss in the left ear, but it wasn't enough to impede speech, and didn't have anything to do with his tubes. Dr. D was far from warm and congenial--he was rather monotone in fact and didn't smile the entire time but he took the time to explain what everything was and why he thought what he did. We even accomplished all of this in less than 2 hours! Imagine that!