Post Ear Tubes

I took this about 5 minutes after she was back into the room.
 I want to say she was probably still dizzy and confused. 

I must admit, that was the easiest procedure.  Our morning was absolutely flawless.  We arrived five minutes early, in her monkey rompers, eyeballing ever other child with a sippy cup.  She was "hi-ing" everyone she saw.  We were back in our room by 0845.  The nurse arrived, then followed shortly by our ENT doctor, which then we were introduced to the anesetheologist.  She was rolled back by 0930 in her car stroller, honking the horn all the way.   A nurse returned the chart at the door and gave me a smile then stated, "She had no trouble with the mask over her face".  I didn't go into any detail explaing that her dinochicken mask was one of her favorite toys (especially during the winter months).  After about 15 minutes, our doctor arrived and said that everything went perfectly.  They extracted the unwanted tube and was replaced along with a new tube for the other ear.  She was rolled back into the room about five minutes later, a little groggy but very thirsty.  I handed her a cup of apple juice and after about 15 minutes of snuggle time, she was ready to jump off the bed and continue on with her day.  We were in our car by 1020 and home before eleven.   I couldn't of asked for a more successful morning. 

Pre Hearing & New Tubes

Today I had my Pre-Hearing with CSHCS in regards to the appeal for them denying us services due to financial ineligibility.  This is why I have been fighting with the State to try to make this back to a need-based provider instead of an income based service. The Hearing went ok.  We, meaning my lawyer and I, will be reviewing a similar case in the archives within the next four weeks (three being the time when the State must provide it out of their files remaining one week to get organized).  I am starting to understand why so many people wait years for their trials. 
I continue to have hopes for a positive outcome on behalf of Eva but the chances are far more better of winning a lottery jackpot. 

Tomorrow Eva will be getting new ear tubes. Again. She had tubes put in last February. One fell out in less than 8 weeks and the other is just hanging out in the outer ear area, fused to the inside of her ear. Our ENT doctor will extract the current misplaced tube and then place new ones into her ears.  I am anticipating these will last a little longer and everything will go as well as expected.  We have to be at outpatient at 0830.  I am hopeful she will not be to distressed without her drink/breakfast in the morning.  That is ALWAYS the hardest part.