We finally had our official follow up appointment today with the surgeon.  It lasted approximately 2 minutes.  He didn't even sit down!  Anyway, he did see some improvement in Dallas's face, which we have also begun to notice.  There are subtle signs that some movement is returning.  This is incredibly encouraging and gives us hope.  I tried to imply that perhaps this could have been prevented by placing the ear tube back in right after surgery, and his response was that it would have filled with blood and resulted in a loss of the tube, thus resulting in the fluid and inflammation problem anyway.  At any rate, it is what it is and he seemed optimistic about the improvement thus far and thought it could all be back in another month or so.  He also stressed that Dallas's nerve path is much different than "normal" and the final outcome is not black and white.  We have heard lots of different timelines, so I won't hold my breath on any one time frame......I just think we have to be patient and believe there is a good chance for a full recovery.

Monday we get the device activated!  We will video tape and post an update early next week. 

Waiting for the doc!