Our Visit with the ENT
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Audrey saw Dr. Ahuja today and I really liked him. He seemed to be really patient with her and spoke to her in a kind and gentle manner. He spent a lot of time with me addressing my concerns, we were there for 3 hours (we were the last one's to leave his office)!!!
The soft tissue x-ray we had done at CHOC came out kind of fuzzy (she must have moved while they were taking it). Based on today's examination Audrey has a TON of fluid in both ears (just like big sister Lauren had at this age), a lot of nasal secretions (snot), her tonsils are HUGE (I wonder if that's why she chokes on her bottle still?) and her glands are very active and swollen. He sprayed a mixture of lidocain (to numb it) & afrin (to shrink the nasal membranes) up her nose (my poor baby) and inserted a small camera in her nostril to get a better look at her adenoids. She was soooo good during the procedure. I guess her adenoids are Huge too (he used some other term-can't remember the name...) and she still has some acid reflux. I guess the adenoids and tonsils have to come out!!
He wants her to have a sleep study done to see how bad her sleep apnea is first, because she may have to spend some time in ICU after sugery. While he was examining her he detected a heart murmmer so he is sending her out to see a cardioligist for an echo. He put her on a prescription steroid to help shrink her nasal passages and give her some relief until she has surgery. CHOC should be calling me Monday with a date for the sleep study.
On another note, Jamison had another migraine today, luckily it started before school and I was able to keep him home. He had another dizzy spell too. He has been pretty bummed all day today, I know he is tired of feeling like this (we go back to see Dr. Bose-our Neurologist in May). I felt horrible leaving him at home not feeling well while I took Audrey to the ENT (Rick came with me and sat in the waiting room with Ava) and Grandma took Logan to get his ankle checked out again (the ankle brace was too tight so they taped his foot) and Lauren had play rehearsal for Hello Dolly.
The soft tissue x-ray we had done at CHOC came out kind of fuzzy (she must have moved while they were taking it). Based on today's examination Audrey has a TON of fluid in both ears (just like big sister Lauren had at this age), a lot of nasal secretions (snot), her tonsils are HUGE (I wonder if that's why she chokes on her bottle still?) and her glands are very active and swollen. He sprayed a mixture of lidocain (to numb it) & afrin (to shrink the nasal membranes) up her nose (my poor baby) and inserted a small camera in her nostril to get a better look at her adenoids. She was soooo good during the procedure. I guess her adenoids are Huge too (he used some other term-can't remember the name...) and she still has some acid reflux. I guess the adenoids and tonsils have to come out!!
He wants her to have a sleep study done to see how bad her sleep apnea is first, because she may have to spend some time in ICU after sugery. While he was examining her he detected a heart murmmer so he is sending her out to see a cardioligist for an echo. He put her on a prescription steroid to help shrink her nasal passages and give her some relief until she has surgery. CHOC should be calling me Monday with a date for the sleep study.
On another note, Jamison had another migraine today, luckily it started before school and I was able to keep him home. He had another dizzy spell too. He has been pretty bummed all day today, I know he is tired of feeling like this (we go back to see Dr. Bose-our Neurologist in May). I felt horrible leaving him at home not feeling well while I took Audrey to the ENT (Rick came with me and sat in the waiting room with Ava) and Grandma took Logan to get his ankle checked out again (the ankle brace was too tight so they taped his foot) and Lauren had play rehearsal for Hello Dolly.
Overall Rick and I really like this store. The store is clean and well laid out, the produce is fresh and reasonably priced and they have a tasting kitchen where you can sample their food (kind of like Costco). Many of their "Fresh & Easy" store brand items are organic, almost all are High Fructose Corn Syrup free, their milk is RBST free and the meat is hormone and antibiotic free. Their prices are awesome!!! They have cereal bars and granola bars (HFcorn syrup free) for $1.35!!! That is cheaper than any granloa bars I have found , generic or otherwise. They also have great sales on bread and meat. Rick and I got some fresh made corn tortillas for .39 and hot dog buns for .30 a pack. We got some beautiful shrimp for really cheap and ground angus sirloin for $2.00. We filled two grocery carts full of mostly organic items and spent just a little over $125.00. Plus they gave us $5.00 off coupons for our next few trips. I am so excited and can't wait for the one near me to open up (Fall 2008)!!! My only disapointment was that their ice cream, yogurt, and bagels ALL had HFcorn syrup...
