At the beginning of October 2021 we had a long overdue face to face appointment with ENT. It was nearly a year later than originally planned due to covid restrictions and consequent patient backlogs. Elis' sleep studies in 2020 showed that he had sleep apnoea and there had been no changes to his hearing loss in the last two years. ENT wanted to do a physical examination in person before confirming whether or not we should discuss operating. His appointment went much as expected, his tonsils were enlarged and we agreed that it would help his breathing both at night and during the day (he is normally a mouth breather and struggles to breathe out of his nose at all) to have a tonsillectomy. While operating they would make the decision about his adenoids but it most likely he would have an adenoidectomy during surgery. We also agreed to give grommets in his ears one go - they are little tubes that are inserted into the ear drums to help drain the fluid that has been blocki...