Last Friday, Mommy heard a ringing in her left ear for about 20 mins and then she lost her hearing in that ear. It’s known as sudden hearing loss caused by a virus. There are 4 levels of hearing loss (mild, moderate, severe, profound) Mommy has profound hearing loss. ENT said she’s pretty sure it’s viral and it’s considered a medical emergency due to short window of time for steroid treatments to be effective. The first oral dose of steroids put started labor contractions and you little man did not like it one bit. Your movements even slowed. After a few hours of flushing herself with water and putting her feet up, the contractions let us and you started more regular movements.
Mommy saw an ENT specialist who wants to do the injection steroids in ear drum over a 3 week period while being monitored by OB… since we know it can cause early labor but these injections are more localized.
Flip side if she says no to injections she will miss her window of trying to improve her hearing. She only has an 8 week window of time to try. But ENT was kind and blunt at the same time…. Right now she has a slim chance this will work due to level of loss. If no improvement will do MRI for possible tumor which are 99% benign and … hearing aides won’t work for her profound level of loss and may need a cochlear implant.
We are praying these treatments do not cause you any undue stress and that you stay nice and comfy in your mommy womb for several more weeks!
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