Ear Surgery Scheduled

Mallory has a whole perforation in the right air and a sub partial perforation in the left. She will be having the right ear repaired on July 7. We scheduled it as soon as possible so that school and hopefully our beach vacation won't be interrupted. The left ear will follow in a few months.

It is an outpatient procedure and lasts about an hour. It will take her 3-4 weeks to recover. No water near the ear and keeping it dry is a necessity. Hearing will improve as the ear drum matures but 80% will return within the recovery time. The doctor told us that she should be able to return to daycare/school on the following Monday.

There was some concern over the palate repair. If the repair is good then she won't have further problems. However, if it isn't good enough she could have more inner ear problems that will cause fluid build up. This could ultimately lead to more tubes. The tubes would be the last resort. I am trying not to think about this possibility since perforations are the result of the tubes.