Gracelyn is perfect.

According the umpteenth doctor we have seen regarding Gracelyn, in his words, Gracelyn is perfect. We concur.

Friday we saw a hearing specialist following a procedure a month before to remove her left ear tube that was stuck in her ear due to all the fluid and gunk. It wasn't pretty.
We have a wonderful family doctor we have started seeing, after the previous family doc dismissed my concerns and the pediatrician admitted she told other patients about Gracelyn and how we fed her HONEY and she contracted botulism. The new doc listened and agreed that Gracelyn's articulation isn't where it should be. Whether if it's from lack of speech therapy following her battle with botulism or her ears or both we weren't sure but there was an issue.
He sent us to an ENT and that is when he discussed her left ear tube that was still in and was actually the source of infection. The outpatient procedure to remove the tube took all of 10 minutes and when he came out to tell me how she did, he told me that her eardrum was totally healed underneath all of the fluid! WHAT?! He was even surprised. I exclaimed, "Praise God!" because it was nothing short of God's mercy.

So Friday we went to Hough Ear Institute in OKC and after over an hour of testing, which Gracelyn was a rockstar, we saw the doctor and in his words, "Gracelyn is perfect!" He confirmed that it was only through God that her eardrum healed underneath the infection she had in her ear. He couldn't believe all that our sweet girl has been through in her 3 years of life and when I told him she was a testimony, he agreed. The doc told us she can hear perfectly! And she doesn't need to come back to see him. He did agree that she needs speech therapy. :Last night at our Sunday School social I spoke to a speech therapist about Gracelyn. She said Gracelyn needed to be given time now that she can actually hear. Her tripping over her words is common as sheis just now able to hear sounds correctly. She probably hasn't been able to hear since she was a baby seeing as her ear infections started early. So we will work with her, she certainly isn't shy to speak, she doesn't hesitate to attempt to tell us what she wants or to tattle on her bros!! So we completely agree with the neurotologist, she is perfect!

and a bit of a showoff.