Tubes

Ridley was seen by an ENT this morning. A total of four ear infections (three in one month!) brought us to the appointment. As it turns out and as we suspected, she needs to have tubes inserted into her ears. The fluid just simply isn't draining. Phil had to have tubes when he was a young child and his family has a history of ear problems.
I hoped that we wouldn't have to go to this extreme, but I know for sure that it is the best thing for Ridley. The poor thing has had a ton of fluid in her ears for well over a month now. Hopefully we can schedule the procedure ASAP.
The ENT doctor said that many children make big jumps in speech after having tubes for the simple reason that they can finally hear! Ridley can hear now, but everything sounds muffled to her. There isn't any long term damage so far, and we definitely want to keep it that way.