Hope

O had his comprehensive hearing evaluation today by an audiologist.  His tests showed moderate hearing loss in one ear and mild hearing loss in the other ear.  The tests suggested that fluid in the middle ear may be to blame.  If true, this could be remediable.

He will have a follow up evaluation next month before he sees the ENT physician again.

Even before the evaluation, we had hope of a different texture that O would be ok (and so would we) even if he were completely deaf.  We won't turn down the hope offered today, though, even if right now he still doesn't seem to hear anything (no matter how loud E sings or yells).

To celebrate, here's a picture from Halloween.