My New ENT

Today was my first appointment with the new ENT, Dr. Cotter. She was nice, not overly-friendly, but not mean either. She looked in my ears, up my nose, and down my throat. It took two nurses plus Mommy to hold me while the doctor looked in my mouth. I was not happy about that one. She said the inside of my nose looks "chronically infected" and she prescribed an antibiotic nasal saline spray to heal it up. That should help, because Mommy can only get so far in there with a Q-tip and Neosporin. And she gave us unlimited refills on it, so now anytime my nose gets really yucky, Mommy can try the new stuff.

Dr. Cotter wants me to have a sleep study done, because based on the things Mommy told her, she suspects I have sleep apnea. She also said my tonsils and adenoids were enlarged, but we already knew that. Dr. Cotter, however, will probably want to do surgery to take them out. Depending on the sleep study. Of course, Mommy is not super excited about that, but if it can help me breathe easier, it will be worth it. She expected it eventually anyway. PLUS, it may reduce the fluid that builds up in my ears when the tubes aren't in. So that means I may need less tube surgeries if I get my adenoids/tonsils out. And breathing easier means my nose won't dry out as much, which means less nosebleeds. So any way you look at it, surgery sounds like a beneficial option. At least that's what Mommy keeps trying to tell me. :o)