After almost a year of asking questions and waiting, asking and waiting we have a plan for Jonah's speech delay. I took him to his new pediatrician on Tuesday to explain our concerns (muddled tongue, wet speech, stutter, snoring, excess saliva) and he referred us to both an allergist and an ENT. By God grace we got in to both today!
We went this morning to the allergist who did a scratch test on his arm for 40 different food and environmental allergens. Jonah was not allergic to anything! (He was a total wimp for the test though which was virtually painless compared to what they could have done!)
This afternoon we went to the ENT to confirmed what I thought but had been told was fine. His tonsils and presumably adenoids are HUGE! The dr said that he is trying to talk with the equivalent of 3 large grapes in the back of his mouth making it hard for him to swallow, breath and speak. We could wait to see if he grows into them, but we agree with the doctors that it is not worth it since it is causing sleep and speech problems. We do not want it to begin to hinder his learning and development. Because we did the allergy testing in the morning we know that they are not inflamed because of his environment. His pediatrician feels that if he can speak clearly his stutter will probably disappear too.
A March 3rd outpatient surgery is scheduled. I am sure that it will not be a fun couple of days, but are so thankful that Jonah hopefully be able to communicate clearly! :)
We went this morning to the allergist who did a scratch test on his arm for 40 different food and environmental allergens. Jonah was not allergic to anything! (He was a total wimp for the test though which was virtually painless compared to what they could have done!)
This afternoon we went to the ENT to confirmed what I thought but had been told was fine. His tonsils and presumably adenoids are HUGE! The dr said that he is trying to talk with the equivalent of 3 large grapes in the back of his mouth making it hard for him to swallow, breath and speak. We could wait to see if he grows into them, but we agree with the doctors that it is not worth it since it is causing sleep and speech problems. We do not want it to begin to hinder his learning and development. Because we did the allergy testing in the morning we know that they are not inflamed because of his environment. His pediatrician feels that if he can speak clearly his stutter will probably disappear too.
A March 3rd outpatient surgery is scheduled. I am sure that it will not be a fun couple of days, but are so thankful that Jonah hopefully be able to communicate clearly! :)
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