Harlie's Ears

On the heels of yesterday's wonderful news I must ask you to lift up our sweet girl in prayer. This morning she had an ENT appointment to follow up on a ruptured eardrum this spring. Dr. Brown said her right ear looked, "Happy, Happy, Happy." The left ear though was not. He said that at some point Harlie's left eardrum had been infected by a specific bacteria that eats away at the eardrum. He told us that the hole was so large that it probably would not heal in it's own. He told us we would need to schedule an appointment with their ear specialist to talk about repairing the damage. After sharing with him about our very unpredictable fall schedule, he was kind enough to go and talk with the specialist to see If he could go ahead and see us today. To my surprise the specialist came right to our room so that we were able to take care of the planning in one quick visit. 

Dr. Rampey took a look at her ear and said that 45% of her left eardrum is missing. He told us that surgery was necessary and that he would have his scheduler call me ASAP to get her in before we have to go to MUSC. The blessing in all of this is that the hole is on the back of her eardrum. This was a good thing because he said that he could do the surgery within the ear canal. Otherwise they would have had to lift the ear from the back and then reattach it. The only incision they have to make now is a small one just above her hairline to take a small bit of tissue for the patch they will be pacing on the eardrum.  

Please pray for Harlie. She is handling the news like a champ. We explained that she will be asleep the whole time, and that we will be there when she wakes up. She seems to be a little nervous but otherwise she hasn't let it get her down. We a blessed to have such an amazing daughter!