Update on Caitie's ear

In March Caitie had reconstructive surgery for a perforated ear drum. As a baby she had to have tubes put in her ears. Unfortunately, when the tube fell out of her right ear it left a large hole covering about 40% of her ear drum. Because of this hole Caitie was not able to hear out of her right ear. The doctor was hopeful that the surgery would solve to problem and there would be no permanent hearing loss.

When we went for her post-op check up, we found out that the graft did not fully cover the hole. She still had a hole, only now it was much small - it covered about 5% of her eardrum. He decided to wait until summer was over to patch the remaining hole. Just before her check-up this past week, Caitie got a double ear infection. Because of the ear infection Dr. Albright feels like we need to wait another 6 months before covering the hole. He is worried that if he patches it now the ear infections will increase. She did see an audiologist and her hearing is about where it was before the surgery.

Hopefully, in another six months we will be able to get this fully resolved. Until then we will be praying for a miracle - that Caitie's ear will heal on its own.