Update from today

Cody and I went to Syracuse today for our 6 month check up with Dr. Tatum. We went to check his ears and discuss his adenoids at the request of our ortho. His adenoids are large but at this time Dr. Tatum does not want to do anything about them. Our ortho is concerned due to growth. Cody is a mouth breather and when you breath primarily out of your mouth it can affect the way your jaw grows. However the adenoids give him extra tissue in the back of his throat to help with his speech. Dr. Tatum said he can "fix" a jaw much more easily than he can "fix" his speech. I agree. And there is nothing saying he will have a jaw growth problem. Only time will tell on that one.

He checked his ears and he said they are just full of wax. So what he could see was limited. He had the nurse do a tympanogram on him and the ear drum didn't move much. He believes the tube in the left ear is out and there is fluid. The right tube is either out with fluid or there is a hole in the eardrum. Right now he just wants to watch for infections. If we should get any then he wants to see us back and he'll have to do surgery to replace the tubes. If we don't have any infections then we see him in July for the team visit.

I did get great news though while there. Back a couple months ago, Cody went for a photo shoot. The team was interested in putting his picture in their brochure. I was very honored that they wanted to use it. After all though his smile does show off Dr. Tatum's handy work. So we did the pictures and was told they would see what looked best. Well today I was shown and then handy their new clinic brochure - and on the front cover is a great picture of my smiling boy! Here it is:

We were thanked for allowing them to use it. I contribute his smile to the wonderful hands of our surgeon. He "fixed" something that almost 5 years ago I never thought could be "fixed".