Update on Khloe

Two weeks ago Khloe gave us a scare...we thought we were going to lose her, but she is our little fighter and I am happy to report is doing better. Last week after that episode Khloe developed pneumonia. She is on amoxacillin now, and doing much better. We had many sleepless nights suctioning out Khloe because not only was she coughing up phlem, but she has been teething and it creates lots of extra mucus. We have been to the doctor 6 times in the last two weeks. I am going to do the "happy dance" as Khloe does not have a doctor appointment until March now :) We had an appointment with a neurologist, and she had an episode where she turned purple right in front of him. (then she had two more episodes) He was able to diagnose her with cyanotic breath holding spells. One good thing is we know what she is having is created by her getting upset or by pain. However there is no cure for this. Only most outgrow this with age. He does think she may be having a certain kind of seizure, but he could not help us with that until he would see it on an EEG. When Khloe has her lip surgery she will be monitored with an EEG since she will be in the hospital. We also saw an ear, nose and throat doctor this past week. He will be putting tubes in her ears when she has her surgery. An audiologist confirmed Khloe can hear out of her right ear, and her left ear has lots of fluid by the ear drum, so her hearing may be muffled in that ear. The doctor hopes after putting the tubes in she will hear much better out of the left ear. We had lots of positive information this week, and I can't believe tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Happy Valentine's Day everyone :)