ENT

So, I took Jackson to a Pediatric ENT because I've been concerned about his snoring and sleep apnea. I brought up my concerns of his snoring with his Pediatrician at his one year appt, May '09, but she said that an ENT wouldn't do anything for him until he was two. Since the fall I've been more observant of his snoring to see if he's actually having sleep apnea too. I was able to get a great video of snoring and sleep apnea so I decided to make a ENT appt now instead of waiting until he was two.

At the appt the ENT put a camera down his nose (after a numbing spray, although I don't think it helped much) and we found out his adenoids block his airway almost 100%. Wow, so it looks like he will have surgery at the end of March to remove them. I also brought up my concerns with the ENT that he really isn't speaking very much at all, only a handful of words. So the plan right now it to put tubes in too. Although, after speaking with a few Pedi's that I work with they've encouraged me to have his hearing tested first. So I will plan on doing that too. I've also made an ECI referral for him too for further testing.