2nd surgery so far so good........

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On December of 2002 (6) had surgery to remove a congenital

cholesteatoma from his left middle ear. At this point everything

looks great, now he just had his second surgery to check to see if

indeed the tumor was completely removed and also to repair his ear

bones.

On July 17, 2003 's (7 now) surgery took longer than what the

doctor thought it would.

Here is where we stand for the moment.........

The doctor found some remains of the cholesteatoma in his ear, it

was located on the top part of his middle ear, because of it's

location it made the removal of the cholesteatoma very slow going

but the doctor was able to remove it.

After measuring and re-measuring the doctor was also able to

reconstruct his ear bones as well.

The doctor was very pleased with the results and say's that there is

no reason why should have to have another surgery.

was home by 12:00pm and slept until 5:30pm and like before

he was up and playing play station like nothing happen.

Just shortly after that told his Mom that he could hear much

better out of his left ear........ YES!!!!!!!!!! Up until now he

has lost up to 90% of his hearing out of his left ear

He does have some drainage but as of right know everything is

looking really good. He has a doctors appointment on July 28 so we

should know more by then.

Rikk

Austin TX