Snoring Beauty

Suzy has been battling ear infections and allergies all summer. Not only does she have these problems, but she snores ridiculously loud and makes all sorts of racket when she is concentrating hard on something. Sounds like wheezing almost when she is awake. When she is asleep she sounds like a 600 lb man with a cold. I am not exaggerating one single bit. At the lake house, Suzy's bed is in our bedroom. When we were there over Labor Day Scott had to sleep on the couch one night. She is so loud that neither of us got any sleep. I have brought these problems up to not one, but two pediatricians. They all blame it on allergies, heat, humidity, etc. They have put her on antibiotics for every ear infection, which I was totally fine with. But, they started her on Singulair daily and told me to use Zyrtec and Claritin if needed. I thought I was okay with that, but then started questioning it too. I feel like if she is started on a daily medication this young that when she really needs it she will be immune to it? I may be totally wrong, but I just don't feel great about all that medicine at such a young age. I called an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist in Southaven and told the nurse the problems that we were having. She informed me that we definitely needed to come see the doctor to get his opinion. I was able to take her to see him last Thursday. He told me that he definitely recommended that we have tubes put in her ears. He also told me he was 98% sure that she needed to have her adenoids removed. He is also going to run a scope down her esophagus while she is under anesthesia to make sure that is all okay. He also told me the snoring and the wheezing was not allergy related and that she could quit taking all those medications! I was thrilled with the doctor and feel comfortable that he knows what he is doing. Her surgery is scheduled for September 27, 2012. She will be getting tubes put in and we are pretty sure that the adenoids will be removed. I am very anxious about the surgery, but I feel sure that everything will be just fine.

Suzy at the lake during Labor Day.

Suzy sized life jacket. Her snoring didn't affect her sleep. She was a happy girl all weekend. Scott and I were the only sleep deprived folks there.

A few of Suzy's favorite things:

1. Her walker is still on the top five list. We take it everywhere and can count on it to entertain her. Every grandparent in the family has one that stays at their house, too. We love that thing. The only downside to the walker is how dirty her feet get. She figures out how to get shoes off her feet everytime I get them on her.

2. Animals. She is obsessed with all animals. Lucy, Mimi's dog, is great with her. My dogs, Bella and Lola, are not very good with her. I fear that they will have to find new homes when she starts walking. I sure hope they adjust quickly. Being jealous is not going to pay off for them. She not only loves dogs.... She loves all animals.

3. She loves being outside. I do get brave and put her in the grass some afternoons. She is infatuated with grass and leaves. She goes straight for everything that she isn't supposed to. Of course, grass and leaves go straight to her mouth (as does everything else).

The piggies aren't always this dirty. But, we take that walker everywhere. This is one of the days we had it at the shop visiting Papaw.

 

The sweet gals at Tattle Tales took Suzy out to play with the horses when they were at daycare. They said she loved it!

Such a grown up.

She is on a hunt for leaves!