Madison Update

I'll do my best to update you on our "Journey to Otoplasty" :D


Yesterday afternoon we met with Madison's potential Otoplasty surgeon. (There are actually two we were looking at, but one has a lot more experience and is about 50% cheaper.) I'll call him "Dr. J." Dr. J. (And his amazingly helpful nurse, Marie) were very kind and patient with us and Madison as we had many questions and concerns.

After his evaluation of Madison's ears, he came to the conclusion that there were three things "wrong" with them. The first and second problems were that the bowl (the area right outside the opening to the ear) was not only bigger than "normal", but it was also separated from the head. The third problem was that there's no crease in the upper cartilage of the ear. The surgery would not only correct these three problems, but he would also take off a small bump that Madison has on the tip of her left ear. (As long as you're in there...) He called her condition "Lop Ear". We had many questions about insurance (I guess we have one that no one has ever heard of...not very reassuring), which Marie assured me that she would take care of right away. Once they let us know whether we'll be paying out of pocket or not (we'll have the surgery either way), we'll schedule her appointment. We'd prefer to do it over Christmas vacation since the transition back into school will be easier that way.

So I guess you can be praying that insurance sees this procedure as preventative/emotional instead of cosmetic, and also for Madison as she seemed pretty nervous about the whole thing-at first. However, this past Saturday, when I was out of town, she did tell Seth that she thought about it and would actually like to have the surgery!