September 1, 2011. As Francesca promised, Ben's ear continues to gain definition. You can see the "Y" there. Ben took a bath tonight, and I mistook his new ear with his "old" ear. Not the greatest photo of Ben, but here's how his ear is looking. We are going to the audiologist and Dr. Lewin tomorrow. He's had a cold, and I think it's affecting his hearing in both of his ears.
September 2, 2011. Since Ben was saying, "What?" quite a bit, we took him in for an audiological test with Dr. Sol and Dr. Avila (his new associate) who confirmed that he has a little "pressure" / fluid in his left ear and bone conduction loss in his right ear. They set us up with a visit with Dr. Michelle Putnam (an ENT) with Westside Head and Neck for later in the day.
We had set up a visit with Dr. Lewin next. Dr. Lewin who said that the ear is healing well, that we should continue with Clobetasol on the front for just a little longer but stop the Bacitracin, that Ben can do anything that the ENT OKs, that the ear will continue to heal and stabilize over the next few months and that we'll see Dr. Lewin next in December!
When we visited Dr. Putnam, she confirmed that the left ear had some pressure and that there is bone conduction hearing loss in the right ear (most likely the 3 bones in the middle ear have re-fused together and are not conducting sound) and that the ear drum looks good/intact. She prescribed Afrin, Ocean's nasal saline solution and Nasonex (prescription) for Ben to take to try to clear up the liquid. Also, she said he's cleared to swim but that he should dry out his ear after swimming.
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