The Magical Moments of the Poko Pack

     Today turned a little unexpected.  Ethan ( 11) and Meg (18) had  ENT appointments. Ethan has moderate hearing loss in his left ear, something that wasn't mentioned in his Chinese paperwork, although he told the doctor his hearing has always been like this.  Our options were to fit him for a hearing aid TODAY, or see if surgery could help first.  The problem is with his middle ear and the MD would do exploratory surgery but there are no guarantees it will help.  I chose the surgery route. We can always get a hearing aid, but if there is a chance he won't need one, why not take it?  It's out patient surgery and he will only be out of school a few days.  
     Meg was found to have hearing loss in both ears, but not enough to affect her daily living.  It's from EARBUDS! She is losing the high frequency part.  The DR told her if she can't hear Mom calling her with earbuds on THEY ARE TOO LOUD!  She also has mild hearing loss in her left ear that she had surgery on several years ago.  There is scar tissue and he wants to get a CT scan to make sure nothing else is going on.
     Always something going on here :(