One of the girls, our oldest, came to us with missing eardrums(big holes in her eardrums), plus a little bone behind an eardrum was partially gone.
It took us sometime to get things settled, and get her an insurance.
We saw two different doctors. First doctor said that it cannot be repaired do to how bad it was damaged. The doctor told us that this surgery needed to be done long, long time ago, and that we lost a lot of time by waiting. :( I asked him to refer us to a different doctor, for a second opinion.
About a week later we saw a different doctor, and this doctor told us that there is a chance, and he was willing to try it... He said that they will try to use all the materials they have, but he might need to get a piece of her jaw bone to repair missing, little bone in her ear, and might need to use a muscle from her jaw to repair her eardrum.
We were excited to finally schedule her a surgery! She had her first surgery on February 7, 2018, on her right ear.
Surgery went well, it took them about 1 hour and a half from start to finish. We will see a doctor in first week of March, and will know more how it went and whats in the future. She still can't hear well, hoping for some improvement.
Recovery was hard, but she is so strong, she was in pain but tried hard to be in a positive mood.
She couldn't eat, was dizzy, in pain and didn't really leave her bed for at least 4 days.
I am so happy that it's over, and now is is back to her normal, happy self.
