Surgery

Today Gabriel had a scheduled check up with his pediatrician. It turns out he still has that ear infection, so I told the doctor we should see a specialist. He referred us to Dr. Maria Doucet, who managed to see Gabriel today. She did a test for ear drum movement and it turns out Gabriel's ear drums are not moving at all. She says that this could be dangerous because it may cause him speech problems later, since she says he is probably only hearing vowels and not consonants because of all the fluid in his ears. So she recommended a surgery to fix this. He will have it on Tuesday. She will put a little tube between his middle and outer ear to drain the fluid. The tube will remain there for at most 2 years. He will have to use earplugs for bathing and anything involving water, so we had custom earplugs made for him today too. The doctor says that the surgery is very simple and that it shouldn't bother him at all. And she thinks there will be no problem for him going to Europe on the 23rd.
Unfortunately I will not be here on Tuesday, since I am going to Connecticut for a conference this Sunday and will be returning on Wednesday. But Alfredo will be with him and granpas Rebeca and Alfredo also arrive on Wednesday.
I hope everything will go well.