Yesterday Sanaa had her appointment with the ENT. There was too much dried blood in her right ear for him to get a good look and see what exactly is going on. So, he prescribed some ear drops that we get to put in her ears 3 times a day for the next week. The drops will clean out her ear so that at next week's appointment he can get a better look.
The doctor is fairly sure the blood from her ear is somehow connected to her tubes but is not sure whether the ear drum was ruptured. There are two possibilities, the first being that the tube came out and did create a hole in her ear drum and the second is the tube is still in her ear but a granuloma (a highly vascular mass of fibrous tissue and blood vessels which the body forms in response to a chronic infection - I copied that definition) is around the tube.
If the ear drum does have a hole, the doctor wouldn't do anything about it and would let it heal on it's own. He said that they wouldn't even consider surgery on someone so young since their ears are still developing.
The tube in her left ear is slowly working it's way out. We're right at the point where both tubes should be working their way out. Hopefully there are no major issues with her left ear as the tube comes out. The doctor said it's rare for children to have complications when the tubes come out so it appears Sanaa is one of those lucky few. At least she's not complaining about anything hurting but she does hate the ear drops and that is a wrestling match trying to get the drops in her ears. But only 6 more days of ear drops.
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