tube time

This past week we had a full week of school, meetings, and Mason had a doctor's appointment at the Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT).  My goal was to go to the doctor and have him checked out of for the fluid in his ears and see if he could get tubes when he turns 6 months old.  The office visit was a success!!   Mason will be getting tubes on Thursday, April 5th (Garrett's b-day).  The doctor explained that in a lot of Down Syndrome children, they typically hold fluid behind their eardrum.  For the fluid to get out, the tube that would is connected to their nose would have to be open to allow air to get in and dry it out, but unfortunately, usually in Down Syndrome children it is very small and most of the times blocked.  They only way for the fluid to get out would be tubes.  They won't do it until they are 6 months old, so here we wait until then.  We don't want the fluid to start effecting Mason's speech and hearing and hopefully we can get a clear reading at his hearing tests after this.

The past Saturdays we've been going to church to watch Garrett coach basketball.  Jay's been a good sport, but to sit there an hour can be challenging.  I've lately been giving him my phone to play with.  He will get it into camera mode and take tons of pictures of himself.  Here is one to leave you with.  I tend to trash the rest of them that are really pictures of nothing.