God is working! He's still working! God is working even now!

I love that song! After yesterday? I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that God's working a miracle in my Matthew! It's sooooooooooooo cool to see! Woo, it should give you the shivers as it does me!

Yesterday we went to Children's for Matthew's follow-up on his hearing. He had failed two hearing tests and was preliminarily losing his hearing in his left ear. WELL GUESS WHAT!?!?!??!?! Not only did he fail a THIRD hearing test, which in this case is OK for now. His hearing is STABLE. No more hearing loss. In fact? His left ear is now hearing lower frequencies! AND........his right ear is (or has been) compensating for the loss in the left ear and is highly more sensitive to sounds because he did WONDERFUL with his right ear. The left ear is still not quite there, but it's improved!

The doctor said she truly believes that the tubes are helping him. Slowly, but surely. The only bad part about yesterday is that she had to clean Matthew's right ear to even see the green tube that was still there since February! hehehe...*s* OH MY DID HE NOT LIKE THAT ONE! We are not talking just a q-tip either. More like long little scissor looking things that cut away wax and removes it. Daddy had to hold him down and a nurse hold his head completely still while they did that. HE DID NOT LIKE THAT ONE BIT! He did ok though. Just tears and crying. No screaming, at least not like his sister has done on MANY, MANY, MANY occasions for shots and things. *shaking head*

So, is this a miracle? YOU BETCHA! Is God restoring his hearing? I do believe so, yes. Are his ears not developed like they should be? No, they aren't. BUT, as long as all the mechanisms are working to hearing, you should be able to hear. Are mom and dad happy campers?! OH YES!

One kinda on the down side of things is Matthew's pronounciation of words has taken a hit. He's starting to studder and get "stuck" on words. His rate of growth in saying harder words has definitely slowed down. We were told that this is most likely normal, but to keep an eye on it. We will definitely be telling his speech therapist about this! He will start speech therapy in September or the end of August, not sure which. We are waiting to hear from them as the school year commences once again.

SO YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH for Matthew!!!! Woo Hoo..................

Momma Kooky