I'm feeling very frustrated right now. Crikey it's a long story but DD3 has been struggling with a constant runny nose for 2 years, it's been unrelenting. It's affecting her breathing, sleeping etc. She's always poorly. GP has prescribed antihistamines, steroid drops, and even had a full blood count, but nothing has worked.
I've been pushing them to refer her to a ENT but I struggled to even get an appointment as she is not "acutely poorly" In the end I took matters into my own hands and found a consultant at a nearby leading childrens teaching hospital, I emailed him directly and he agreed to see us. The GP then had no alternative but to do the referral.
We have had the appointment today and she is on the top priority list for her tonsils & adenoids to be removed, but to our shock she also has fluid on her ears which is causing quite significant hearing loss.
My DD has been poorly so many times during the last 2 years, including 2 stays in hospital, one of which was for sepsis. She's had her ears looked into more times that I can count. They always ask about her development (she is a twin and is very very small for her age) and every time I tell them that she is behind on her speech and has been referred to speech therapy.
I'm angry that my DD has been suffering with this hearing loss for the best part of 2 years, so it's now the norm for her. Of course I'm relieved that it's now being sorted but why wasn't this spotted before? Given how long she's been having problems I really do not believe that this is a recent problem. It broke my heart as I sat behind her today during the hearing test when she had no reaction to sounds I thought were very very clear. She could hear them when very loud.
AIBU to be gutted about this? I can have a full on conversation with her twin sister. We struggle to understand what my other DD says at times. I never in a million years thought this was down to a hearing problem.
My other question is (although not an AIBU) for those of you whose children had grommets fitted, what was the effect after? Was it pretty much straight away (after recovery).