It's Raining, It's Pouring...

As for the title of this blog, yes, it is raining in San Jose and yes, I commonly now think thoughts in nursery rhyme form. Well, today Hannah and I journeyed out in the pouring rain for her ENT appointment. This is not an easy task. In addition to timing her feeding just right so that her belly is full thus resulting in a sleepy baby come time to see the doctor, I have to walk through the rain to get her in the car. This means in addition to a heavy baby, car seat, purse, diaper bag, and garage door opener I also have to hold an umbrella over her so she doesn't get wet. Sometimes I wonder why God didn't create women to have four hands.

Anyway, we got there only to hear that the doctor was behind in surgery so couldn't see us. Awesome, I thought, it was totally easy getting here. So yes, I'm frustrated because now I have to wait until Monday to hear the doctor's opinion. We were however able to get her hearing tests done with the nurse. Hannah has had two hearing tests in the past and passed both with 100% accuracy. I know she can hear because she LOVES all things musical. First she had to get little rods stuck in her ears to measure fluid. She didn't like this test, but who would. Unfortunately, the results did show that there is fluid in her ears. How much? We won't know until Monday when the doctor can examine her. Then Hannah and I had to go into this sound proof room, I got her to sleep and then the nurse played really loud white noise. Hannah was supposed to startle demonstrating she hears the noise. Well, Hannakins slept right through it. What do you expect, as soon as I heard the noise, I knew she would. This is after all the baby that is put to sleep by the hair dryer. The nurse seemed concerned saying that most babies startle, to which I replied "my baby likes white noise. Half of the toys she owns make the white noise sound because it simulates the mother's womb." Clearly she has never read "Happiest Baby on the Block." WHat does she know? Hannah CAN hear, I assure you. Ok, my rant is over. I will know more on Monday when we meet with the doctor. He will let us know if tubes are necessary yet, or if we keep waiting. Fluid is a precursor to hearing loss so we want to stay on top of it. Tomorrow we have her two month check up and more shots with the pediatrician. Hannah is so tough and brave. Poor little thing has so many doctors to see and she is always a good sport.