October 19th...better known as Z-Day...Part 1

See what I did there...Z-Day...kinda like D-Day?!?

*crickets*

*moves on in wake of terrible joke-telling*

Anywhoooo...10/19...that's the big day of Zane's surgery! I thought it might be helpful to break things down into chunks...

(Hence the "Part 1."

You didn't pay attention to that, did you? 

All this grammatical prowess is wasted on the likes of you! 

FOR THE LOVE...Pay attention!)

...because there are quite a few moving parts for the surgery. The surgeons are attempting to make the most of Zane's immobility...no clue why that would be...so we are, once again, doubling up on surgeries!

Let's start with the "lesser" task of checking out the ear/s. This is NOT the ear reconstruction...this is checking out what's going on inside the ears. We had a bit of a surprise to learn that the "good" ear is getting some attention as well. 

According to the surgeon who's been leading the charge with all-things-Z, Asians tend to have heavier wax build-up than Caucasians. Is this true, my Asian peeps? Regardless, she has had to scrap out a significant amount from his good ear at every bi-annual visit over the past 4 years. He's also had a couple concerning moments with fluid in the good ear...the primary concern being that if something happens to the ear drum on this side, he would suddenly be completely deaf. Dr. K said she really needs to scrap his ear out significantly to make sure the pressure of the wax and the extra fluid isn't causing his ear drum to "cave in." (That's Eva-translation.) It hadn't looked great the last couple times we were up for a visit, but she needed to wait and scrap it out fully while he was under anesthesia...no clue why THAT is! :) She may have to place tubes but won't know until she gets in there. Again, the key here is that this is his only functioning ear at this time. 

Nub-side...as we affectionately call it...is a little more straight-forward, yet still interesting! Under anesthesia, Dr. K will attempt to "open up" the ear canal that runs down the side of Zane's face to see what she can actually see about the inner ear behind the nub. This could also only be done while big Z was completely immobile! Wouldn't it be a kicker if he ended up actually being able to HEAR on that side?!?! Crazy stuff! 

But wouldn't that also be just like my God to show up in the impossible?!? 

That's all for Part 1...next up, in Part 2, we'll cover the more intricate jaw surgery. 

As always, we appreciate each and every prayer!