Huh?

That's the word that has been coming out of my son's mouth soooo much lately .... and completely stomping on my nerves!I was repeating things 4 or 5 times to him while also trying to remind him of the more polite "Pardon?"

Well his check-up with the E.N.T. doc Friday showed the reason for all the repeating; he's got mild to moderate hearing loss! Smack me over the head with a DUH! for that one!

Apparently as he's grown, the tubes C. had put in a couple of years ago have shifted and are basically doing squat at the moment. For whatever reason these things happen, he has a fluid build-up behind his eardrums and this is the likely culprit for the hearing loss.

SO both a relief and a worry all at the same time!

The ENT wants to see C. in 6 weeks to see if the fluid drains away at all & also because his adenoids were enlarged & the doc wants to see if that was a lingering cold or if they need to come out. We're definitely looking at more surgery though, poor guy!

Meanwhile, it'll be at least 3 months before the surgery so C. & I are trying to learn some ASL to help our communication problems. Wish us luck!