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just a note on hearing issues - if he responds occassionally and looks to see where the sound is coming from, he is not deaf.

Just because it doesn't state that he had been treated for ear infections doesn't mean that he hasn't had them. He very well could have and just has never been treated for it. A large number of our children come home and have to have tubes in their ears because of excessive build up, fluid that does not clear, or chronic infections.

My daughter never had an ear infection that we knew of but had a terrible problem with fluid staying in her ears. Probably a result of her spending so much time on her back in the crib at the orphanage and being prop fed her bottle.

We also had great success increasing her hearing after tubes. Our ENT said that her hearing was severly muffled, like wearing ear plugs because of the constant fluid. And this is without infections and wax build up.

As listed above, Hep-C is common on our medicals. They will have to follow for you on this.

There are a number of good IA doctors recommended on this site.

Good luck!
Christina